Why Men Dominate in the World of Chess

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I believe that the reason why men dominate chess is because men are more likely to lock themselves in a room and waste their lives studying chess, playing chess, and watching GothamChess.
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Jill_St_James it was just a joke. But I do believe that men are more likely to get addicted to hobbies, games, and sports than women are.

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Like I tell my wife "Chess? Are you serious? My dinner ain't gonna cook itself. And bring me a beer while you're in there."

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The wire nerves of men are 2 or 3 times more conductive and fast!! Women are smart but this skill cant make you a winner just a happy girl!!

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yo this thread is full of L takes

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Likely there are some biological factors that favour men in chess but also a cultural thing. More men play chess.

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men are just better physiologically for some reason. people dont want to admit it but thats the case

if it weren't true then there would be alot more 2700 rated women

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Biology isn't as crazy as you think.... there's a bit more to it than just opportunities and conditions I believe

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honestly this thread kinda made me depressed because i got (permanent?) brain damage from an illness and i (might) not ever be able to play normally again

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Blazkowitzz wrote:

honestly this thread kinda made me depressed because i got (permanent?) brain damage from an illness and i (might) not ever be able to play normally again

Now you can play women!

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Snookslayer wrote:
Blazkowitzz wrote:

honestly this thread kinda made me depressed because i got (permanent?) brain damage from an illness and i (might) not ever be able to play normally again

Now you can play women!

nah i was already a woman so i guess i can only play kids now

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the second someone calls you a "bigot" or says "bigotry" just ignore them

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"Why Men Dominate". Because men more stronk. /s no, because men simply more, many more. men are neither better nor worse than women, but the artificial women only tournaments makes it next to impossible to actually gauge the strength of domination of the genders. In my opinion gender only tournaments should be abolished so we could get the totally expected confirmation that women are not worse at chess than men.

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The issue is that more men play chess, so a larger percentage of good players are men. Also, coaches and parents statistically think male students have more potential and encourage them to train more as kids.

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https://youtube.com/shorts/XEwXoFw8LCI

magnus' thoughts

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"I might never have become a chess grandmaster if I’d stuck to women-only tournaments. I could never have reached those heights if I had only been interested in winning women’s titles. In fact, I was only a teenager when I last participated in a women’s tournament. I always knew that in order to become the strongest player I could, I had to play against the strongest possible opposition. Playing only among women would not have helped my development. The higher your goals, the higher you reach. Imagine if the Chinese grandmaster Hou Yifan – who became women’s world champion in 2010 at the age of 16, and is now the highest ranked female player in the world – had played in open tournaments since her teenage years." (Judit Polgar)

https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2019/nov/30/chess-grandmaster-women-only-tournament-play-men

Judit hit the nail on the head I think.

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Women are less likely to get addicted to anything

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God create man and women for men
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PawnStriker_17 wrote:
Because men have nothing better to do. Women do

Such as?

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there are plenty of reasons why men dominate chess.

first of all more men play chess so statistically you will see more men at the top than you will see women.

second, while men and women average intelligence is the same, men tends to be on the extreme of both sides, meaning they are really dumb and can be really smart.

thirdly, as a previous post pointed out, women who only play in women tournaments dont put themselves up against the best of the best out there and dont necessarily have the same opposition and training that men do.