Questions tagged [women]
For questions about female chess players.
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Are players more likely to think at the board at the Women's World Chess Championship?
As I write this, the Women's World Chess Championship between Ju Wenjun and Lei Tingjie is ongoing. I notice that every time I tune in to the stream, both players are thinking at the board. This was ...
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According to Wikipedia, only three women have EVER been top 100 in chess. How many men have ever been top 100?
From https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Women_in_chess
"Three women, Maia Chiburdanidze, Polgár, and Hou Yifan, have been ranked in the world's top 100 players."
That is, right now, there are not ...
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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. ...
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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 ...
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If chess is a sport, why do we expect women to perform as well as men?
It's easy to find articles in the media examining the reasons why men are better at women at chess. Example, example. These articles generally operate with the null hypothesis that men and women are ...
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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 ...
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Both (at least) WGM and PhD/doctorate
Similar to this question Both grandmaster and PhD/doctorate but for at least WGM (WGM, female IM, female GM, etc)
Among woman grandmasters, who have PhDs/doctorates?
Conditions:
standard WGM only eg ...
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List of records for youngest WFMs (woman FIDE masters) since 1950 (or whenever)? [duplicate]
On Wiki, we have the List of youngest grandmasters since 1950. What about WFMs (woman FIDE masters) instead of GMs?
Note 1: I really mean to ask about WFMs (females who obtain the female exclusive ...
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List of records for youngest WCMs (woman candidate masters) since 1950? [duplicate]
Re the close: If it was really a duplicate then why didn't Brian Towers♦ answer on the other post? Checkmate!
On Wiki, we have the List of youngest grandmasters since 1950. What about WCMs (woman ...
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List of records for youngest female international masters since 1950? [duplicate]
Note: I really mean female IMs and not WIMs
All IM version: List of records for youngest international masters since 1950?
WIM version: List of records for youngest WIMs (woman international masters) ...
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List of records for youngest superWGMs since 1950?
On Wiki, we have a list for List of youngest grandmasters since 1950. What about superWGMs (any female player who has reached 2500+ or has become GM, whether or not they were actual WGMs so as to ...
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List of records for youngest female grandmasters since 1950?
On Wiki, we have a list for List of youngest grandmasters since 1950.
What about female GMs (really female GMs and not WGMs) instead of GMs?
I guess the list ends with Judit Polgar, Koneru Humpy and ...
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Are all female grandmasters alive (as of the date of this post, 2021Sep01)?
Really female GMs and not WGMs. I notice here there's a 'deceased' list for female IMs but none for female GMs.
Is it really the case that there are only 38 females awarded GM title in history and ...
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What is the mean and standard deviation for men's and then women's standard FIDE ratings for those 2000 and above?
From this answer, the unconditional means and standard deviations are
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Mean = 1505, standard deviation = 339
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Mean = 1675, standard deviation = 346
What about the case for ratings of 2000+ ?
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Where can I find a list of commonwealth women's chess champions?
Note: Since I'm asking for improvement and downvotes in meta usually answer a yes/no question with 'no', I guess there's no room for improvement. Interesting...
I don't see a women's list here: ...
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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 ...
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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 ...
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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 ...
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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 ...
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How old was Judit Polgár when she learned to play chess?
I found a few publicly accessible biographies of Judit Polgár, including details of her early life. According to the biography on her website, she was 9 when she first won an international chess ...
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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 ...
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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, ...
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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, ...
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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 ...
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Candidates tournament [closed]
Why not allow the winner of the Women's world championship and the winner of the Junior world championship to join the candidates tournament? Their rating is lower than the top 10 players but I mean ...
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Does the winner of the women's Oceania Zonal qualify to play in a world championship match?
The brochure for the upcoming Oceania Zonal in Guam states:
The winners of the 2019 Guam Zonal qualify and are entitled to advance to play in the World Cup and the World Chess Championship.
I'm ...
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Online or Print Sources for Historical Games
What are the best online or print sources for historical games? I am generally looking for pre-1930s games NOT by world champions, and, in particular, looking for games by some of the prominent women ...
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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 ...
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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 ...
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What is the percent of players in the top X that are women for different values of X?
I have already found some numbers thanks to this website: http://www.ferimex.com/icc/frl.php?list=0&country=0&title=0&sex=0&year=0&old=0&cat=0&size=9&update=yes
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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 ...
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