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Re:Fide Women’s Grand Prix Collapses into “Chaos” as Players... by Swizec on Sunday March 26, 2023 @09:34PM (#35321851)
The point of segregating physical sports is to give women (people who went through female puberty) a fighting chance.

There’s a famous experiment by the Williams sisters, two of the best female tennis players ever, who got demolished by a guy ranked 203rd in the world. There is no way for a woman to make up the testosterone difference in sports where physical prowess matters.

https://www.sportskeeda.com/tennis/news-the-williams-sisters...

No that doesn’t mean every man is fitter than every woman. It matters in top ranks of a sport.

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Re:Fide Women’s Grand Prix Collapses into “Chaos” as Players... by xkcd1963 on Monday March 27, 2023 @11:37AM (#35328078)
But chess is not a sport. Think about it, how many calories do I burn sitting in a chair and moving my hands occasionally?!

And no, the brain consumes mostly sugars.

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Re:Fide Women’s Grand Prix Collapses into “Chaos” as Players... by Swizec on Monday March 27, 2023 @01:26PM (#35329546)
Interestingly, grandmasters burn ridiculous energy during tournaments.

https://www.cnbc.com/2019/09/22/chess-grandmasters-lose-weig...

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Re:Fide Women’s Grand Prix Collapses into “Chaos” as Players... by xkcd1963 on Monday March 27, 2023 @02:54PM (#35330756)
Hm, interesting. But doing sports do all kind of things to muscles. And physiology wise men have more muscles. But intelligence is the same for men and women.

EDIT: They don't cite any papers though

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