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If the 10 best men chess players played the 10 best women chess players, who would win?

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The men would win with a score of something like 8-2.

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You might be interested in this thread:

http://www.chess.com/forum/view/general/why-is-this-game-so-male-dominated

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Okay, thank you.

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8-2? The top rated woman (Judit Polgar) is something like 50th in the world. That means the top 49 are men. I don't even think Hou Yifan (the next highest woman) is in the top 100. Those 2 might be able to pull a draw against some of the top 10, but how do you really think Carlsen vs Polgar and Aronian vs Yifan would go? That a rating of 2868 to 2669, and 2813 to 2617. You really think the odds of beating an opponent 200 points above you would be 1 out of 5?

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The battle of sexes again?

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Men - women = 0 - 10. Men would blunder in front of women.

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Are male chess players afraid of women? Just play and have fun, don't worry about sexes. Are there a Freud in the room?

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Well computers are neither male nor female, consider that!

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Men vs. Women?  Oh, I've got to go with women.  It's no contest.  Wait...in chess?  Nevermind.

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is it possible that i be included in the list of women who will play against the top 10 male Super Grand MastersKiss

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Perfect_Idiot wrote:

Well computers are neither male nor female, consider that!

We could always put a skirt on 5 computers and a suit on 5 other computers.

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No, Rybka is a girl.

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Rybka is a fish lol.

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Is she?

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I'm not really sure if it's he or she...

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FIM-Markus_of_Israel wrote:

If the 10 best men chess players played the 10 best women chess players, who would win?

If the ladies are dressed in swim suits the answer should be pretty obviousLaughing

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The men would win, but then the women would say something snarky and claim a moral victory.  It wouldn't be the women playing.  Just some other women.

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your mom is a fish 

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I guess when a woman becomes the World Chess Champ at some point, it's going to be a real big deal. Hopefully it will be like the Fischer craze and get a lot more people interested in chess.