Women’s chess championships?

[Shreya Kulkarni]

I just found out that there are “woman’s chess championships”.

My question is:

what is the need to segregate chess games by sex?

[Vijay Khadake]

I don’t believe it’s a need. I believe it’s a marketing technique.

[Shreya Kulkarni]

What do you mean i don’t get it

[Vijay Khadake]

Generally speaking, men dominate chess. The best players in the world are men. The world champion has always been a man. The most famous chess talents one sees on television have traditionally been men

[Shreya Kulkarni]

This is, of course, terrible marketing if one wants to induce women to take up our noble game

[Vijay Khadake]

Just as Bobby Fischer’s emergence on the scene proved to the American public that you didn’t have to be a Soviet to be great at chess, the recognition of powerful female players allows other women to see that chess is not just a man’s game.

[Shreya Kulkarni]

I know its a men game but there should be a woman chess champion game too in order to find out top woman what do you think ?

[Vijay Khadake]

In order to give exposure to top women players, it is nice to have a woman’s chess champion. Indeed, coming up in the United States there will be a United States Women’s Chess Championship. This should set an example that excellence in chess is not reserved to men.

• This reply was modified 4 years, 9 months ago by Vijay Khadake.
• This reply was modified 4 years, 9 months ago by Vijay Khadake.

[Shreya Kulkarni]

Of course, there is a recognition in chess that the women’s champ is not as strong as the world champion. By and large, the game is still male-dominated

[Chess Ninja]

I think women’s competitions should continue for now and women should get better training and encouragement so that they can compete with men and a common championship can be organized after a few years.

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