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Deadmanparty
May 25, 2025
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#41

Jigsaw puzzle competitions? That would be even more boring than watching chess.

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ari-learner
May 25, 2025
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#42
Abtectous wrote:
damn the amount of people who are just plain wrong on this forum is incredible, I havnt done a great deal of research about this but one time at my local chess club an old guy said that “men are just smarter than women” another old guy, who is a neurologist and psychologist, said that he was just plain wrong. Men are not inherently smarter than women.

Maybe they are, maybe they aren't. Who knows. Just give respect to anyone who plays and give them opportunities so that everyone can be their best.

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theGoodtheBadandtheCuddly
May 25, 2025
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#43
MaetsNori wrote:
Emperor-Bluto wrote:

it’s all that army training! even as little boys we toughed it out with hordes of plastic soldiers and cowboys and Indians.

The top players probably never did that, as kids. They were too busy studying chess.

you’re right i guess, but how did Hou Yifan, who was streets ahead of Carlsen fall so far behind ? it the early training in plastic army men that kept him going i reckon.

She was 2500 at 12, 2 years earlier than him, but it was like it just wasn’t her cuppa tea.

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Abtectous
May 25, 2025
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#44
Passion and willpower makes the stronger chess player. Chess isn’t just a game of the board, when playing competitions you’ll have rivals, that of which to become better and high rated than it is a battle of passion and willpower.
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MaetsNori
May 25, 2025
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#45
Emperor-Bluto wrote:
MaetsNori wrote:
Emperor-Bluto wrote:

it’s all that army training! even as little boys we toughed it out with hordes of plastic soldiers and cowboys and Indians.

The top players probably never did that, as kids. They were too busy studying chess.

you’re right i guess, but how did Hou Yifan, who was streets ahead of Carlsen fall so far behind ? it the early training in plastic army men that kept him going i reckon.

I need to play with plastic army men a bit more then, perhaps.

But I did find this interesting snippet from one of Yifan's interviews:

"... in general, I think women train less hard at chess compared to men while they’re growing up.

In China, girls tend to think more about university, and then things like family, life balance...while boys are more focused and persistent on that one thing. This makes a big difference. The ones who put greater effort in achieve better results." - Hou Yifan, 2019

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YoungAmericanHeart-Benson
May 25, 2025
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#46
bigboy241iiiii wrote:

female suck men beetter

that is a generality.

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theGoodtheBadandtheCuddly
May 25, 2025
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#47

thats the best post you could find, yeah it figures.

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IM Commando_Droid
May 25, 2025
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#48
MaetsNori wrote:
Emperor-Bluto wrote:
MaetsNori wrote:
Emperor-Bluto wrote:

it’s all that army training! even as little boys we toughed it out with hordes of plastic soldiers and cowboys and Indians.

The top players probably never did that, as kids. They were too busy studying chess.

you’re right i guess, but how did Hou Yifan, who was streets ahead of Carlsen fall so far behind ? it the early training in plastic army men that kept him going i reckon.

I need to play with plastic army men a bit more then, perhaps.

But I did find this interesting snippet from one of Yifan's interviews:

"... in general, I think women train less hard at chess compared to men while they’re growing up.

In China, girls tend to think more about university, and then things like family, life balance...while boys are more focused and persistent on that one thing. This makes a big difference. The ones who put greater effort in achieve better results." - Hou Yifan, 2019

Nah. In China, everyone thinks about university...

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medelpad
May 26, 2025
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#49

Way, way more men play chess compared to women, it is more socially acceptable for men and chess doesn’t exactly have a reputation for being friendly towards women

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Chess147
May 26, 2025
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#50
Noob8337 wrote:
Chess147 wrote:

The simple answer to this question is that males are not naturally better than females at chess or anything else except perhaps some heavy lifting. In the modern age the notion of male vs female at anything is outmoded.

Bro no that's so dumb. You're literally saying your mom is more retarded than your dad and if by chance your mom's genes are more powerful you are thus the retarded one that's what you're saying

That's not what I'm saying at all.

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Zyxorz
May 26, 2025
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#51

hola

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IM Commando_Droid
May 26, 2025
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#52
Chess147 wrote:
Noob8337 wrote:
Chess147 wrote:

The simple answer to this question is that males are not naturally better than females at chess or anything else except perhaps some heavy lifting. In the modern age the notion of male vs female at anything is outmoded.

Bro no that's so dumb. You're literally saying your mom is more retarded than your dad and if by chance your mom's genes are more powerful you are thus the retarded one that's what you're saying

That's not what I'm saying at all.

Men are naturally better at strength.

Woman at dancing.

etc.

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6orkle9
May 26, 2025
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#53
Men are better at doing the dishes, stay in the kitchen betas while us women do the hard work and play chess
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StephenIGuess
May 26, 2025
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#54
No es Verdad, en méxico los hombres se bailán más mejor pincheche gringo
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StephenIGuess
May 26, 2025
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#55
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ChessMasteryOfficial
May 26, 2025
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#56

Chess was historically a male-dominated field, with women discouraged (or outright barred) from competing or receiving training.

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6orkle9
May 26, 2025
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#57
the men were actually women though
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Skibt3nt
May 26, 2025
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#58

Women dont play chess as much?

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Skibt3nt
May 26, 2025
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#59
6orkle9 wrote:
Men are better at doing the dishes, stay in the kitchen betas while us women do the hard work and play chess

wrong way round?

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Deadmanparty
May 26, 2025
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#60
ChessMasteryOfficial wrote:

Chess was historically a male-dominated field, with women discouraged (or outright barred) from competing or receiving training.

How many generations are you going to throw that card?

Eventually people are going to have to take responsibility for their own actions and stop blaming societal values from over 50 years ago.