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Re:Fide Women’s Grand Prix Collapses into “Chaos” as Players... by kzrdude on Sunday March 26, 2023 @08:58PM (#35321585)
In Sweden, a mere 3% of adult chess club players are women. Women and men then evidently feel quite differently about playing chess (I don't have an explanation.)
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Re:Fide Women’s Grand Prix Collapses into “Chaos” as Players... by sacnoradhq on Sunday March 26, 2023 @11:20PM (#35322503)
Although gender is a political correctness nuclear landmine, imagine if chess had aptitude diversity rules. "No, you can't castle if your Elo is 800+."

My impression is contract bridge has somewhat gender parity in terms of who plays it. [0] The ranking of contract bridge players doesn't appear to measure current quantitative strength, which seems to encourage volume of play rather than skill.

0. https://www.acbl.org/tournament/

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