Forums

Where are the female chess players?

Sort:
JoyceTelle

I've never encountered a female chess player other than myself.

Debistro

There are a few here. But often hard to tell, because of the many fake females (males posing as females) as well. Wink

xxPrincess_Beckyxx

Hi Joyce, you may want to consider joining an all-womens group on the site as there are quite a few to choose from.  You'll find there are plenty of female players here, although guys pretending to be girls can be a bit of a problem sometimes, they are usually easy to spot once you start talking to them.

If you're looking for a group to join there are a couple of good ones I could recommend. Hope this helps.

JoyceTelle

xxPrincess_Beckyxx wrote:

Hi Joyce, you may want to consider joining an all-womens group on the site as there are quite a few to choose from.  You'll find there are plenty of female players here, although guys pretending to be girls can be a bit of a problem sometimes they are usually easy to spot once you start talking to them.

If you're looking for a group to join there are a couple I could recommend.  Hope this helps.

Wow that's great. I would check that out :) I don't mean to sound like a feminist figure but it kinda bothers me a bit that most chess players i know, including people i personally know, are men

xxPrincess_Beckyxx

Yes it's true more men tend to be attracted to the game than women for whatever reasons, I tend to think it's probably just a cultural thing and by no means is it an indication of our ability to play chess. Though there aren't really that many people that I know personally who even know how the pieces move, male or female.

I'll send you a couple of group invites and you can pick and choose which ones you like the look of