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more about #checkmate lisas: Well at my school it was pretty straightforward: after I beat all the boys, none would ever play with me again. Losing to other boys is ok, losing to ... more » rmric0.wedding.photographer.and.manny: Could we all just calm down for a minute before we devolve into further and further paroxysms of argument? I mean, the whole issue might be "no duh" t... more » daisen-in: Although, can someone confirm this with me? That article makes a claim that's is statistically inaccurate! It's certainly not true that a distribution... more » daisen-in: I think I might be in the minority with my reading of this article: it makes me really happy to read an article in Scientific American without the sta... more » AvocadoGills: purveyor of kinky fish porn: Allow me to submit to discussion the following generalization in response: all men who feel the need to prove their intellectual superiority over wome... more » prestocaro fears the culling: Chess for girls! I'm looking for the old SNL commercial but not finding it. You could brush the pony tail on a knight, and the rooks were secretly l... more » SarahMC: Menz are STILL trying to compensate for the fact that their bodies can't create new people. more » SarahMC: Girls don't play as much chess because they're not that good at it. Duh. more » AuntieEm (robots from the year 2000 > zombies): this is just silly, there are plenty of women Grandmasters. Also I have a Muppets chess set, it rocks. more » Penny: Yeah? Well, show me a man who can menstruate. more » NefariousNewt: Though the ladies should take note of the fact that the most powerful piece on the board is the Queen. more » AthertonMerriweather: My bosses play chess while we underlings do all the actual work around the office. They're both men. more » TheFormerJuneBronson: I'm really annoyed at the constant use of chess as a yardstick of intelligence. I once made that observation, or something like it, to a male friend w... more » sportz.star: I thought the wimmens didn't play chess because it didn't help teach cooking, cleaning and bebbeh raising. That's all we need, right? Those mens and t... more » mepo - Robert Cornhole invented it: Okay I don't give a rook I'm going to pawn my vagina in for a penis. more » morninggloria: I bet I'm way better at playing Barbies than most of chess masters or whatever they're called. I used to be one of the top Barbie players in the world... more » NefariousNewt: Perhaps more women don't play chess because they don't like to be bored or waste valuable amounts of time pushing funny-looking little pieces around a... more » cassis LOL: I used to be in the chess club. At the library. more » BrutallyHonestBabes (aka Mrs. Sarah.of.a.Lesser.Hobbit): Men are just so determined to make themselves feel superior. By hook or by cRook they make women pawns in their dirty gender games. more » the_decider: My vagina made me bad at chess. Did you also know my vagina can attract bears? more » -
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Gender Gap In Chess Winners Explained
A new study published by the Royal Society claims to explain men’s superiority over women at the top levels of chess.
