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How can we make chess community welcoming to women/girls?
How to make chess community and environments more welcoming to women/girls?
Chess is not a sport/game of choice for most women. The following two nice answers discuss why -- one, two. These are answers given to a question stated in an unfortunately…
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Has a woman ever defeated a reigning undisputed World Chess Champion in classical chess?
I know that the great Judit Polgar defeated Kasparov, but he was no longer World Champion at that point. She defeated Anand, but he was not yet World Champion at that point. She defeated Kasimdzhanov, but his championship wasn't undisputed because…
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Why is Jovanka Houska introduced as a WGM when she holds the more prestigious IM title?
I've been watching the Champions Chess Tour and find it strange that Jovanka Houska is always (at least whenever I am watching) introduced as a woman grandmaster. Now I have absolutely no problem with her holding that title, but she also holds the…
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Does the prize distribution in open and women-only competitions incentivize the top women to avoid playing in open competitions?
Recently the Russian superfinal ended. This tournament had an open section and a women's section. One of the top Russian women, Aleksandra Goryachkina, played in the open section where she finished 10th-11th out of 12 players.
Goryachkina is rated…
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Why do women have a lower Elo requirement to obtaining (women) FIDE titles?
As well as FIDE norms, you need a certain Elo to obtain a certain title. Women need around 200 points lower Elo to obtain the analogous women's only title:
Grandmaster (GM) 2500+
International master (IM) 2400+
FIDE master (FM) 2300+
Candidate…
user27142
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Judit Polgar Vs Nigel Short. YouTube video
Where can I find the video with the game Judit Polgar Vs Nigel Short that by the year 2011 could be found on youtube? I'm interested in the video of the match and not in the game itself. According this this page…
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Did Maria Teresa Mora Iturralde beat Capablanca 2.5-0.5?
(Possibly better suited on the Skeptics SE, but the claim is completely related to chess)
In 1922, she exceeded all expectations. Maria Theresa became the only woman to ever to have competed with men in the Cuban championship and won. After that,…
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Who was, or is, the oldest WGM?
It is well known that (concerning GMs only) Lilienthal set a record - he died 3 days after his 99th birthday. Yuri Averbakh has since surpassed him and may well be the first 100 year old GM.
What about WGMs? It is trivial to look into the FIDE…
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How does the average standard FIDE rating vary by age and sex?
In my answer to this question regarding requirements for female titles I quoted the mean and standard deviation for male and female ratings for standard chess in the then current FIDE rating list. These were:
Female
Mean = 1505, standard deviation =…
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Did Jovanka Houska defend women's British chess championship?
Harriet Hunt is the new women's British chess champion after Jovanka Houska won it the last 4 times in a row for a total of 9 times. Harriet is now a 5-time champion but last won the title in 1999 (22 years ago).
Surely Jovanka could've beaten…
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Unknown Women International Masters
I am interested in the history of chess and, looking at the old FIDE rankings, I am a little puzzled by the lack of information about some strong Women International Masters, with a FIDE rating above 2200.
For instance,
Lazic, Marina
Tazhieva,…
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Do the top women players play professionally?
By top women players, I mean the players who regularly participate in top women-only invitationals, e.g. the ongoing Women's Grand Prix Lausanne. Some names would be Nana Dzagnidze, Mariya Muzychuk, Ju Wenjun, Aleksandra Goryachkina (Hou Yifan is…
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Why does FIDE rate women in different category?
Has FIDE ever given reasons why it rates woman in different category and organises their tournaments seperately?
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What is the percentage of players who are women in the sections where both men and women can play in?
I am NOT asking for the percentage of chess players that are women.
I am asking for the percentage of players who are women in the sections where both men and women can play in.
That percentage is obviously lower than the percentage of chess players…
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Chess challenge #7: Women's European Team Championship
In the recent Women's European Team Championship Anna Muzychuk won a quick game against Almira Skripchenko.
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Skripchenko has just played 15 ... c6 and resigned a few moves later…
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