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Topic	Chess is even more sexist than its portrayal in Netflix's 'The Queen's Gambit'
Grischnak 08/28/21 1:50:21 PM #21:	whitelytning posted... Chess is one of these things where Im not sure why they have separate divisions for women. Get rid of that to start. The reality is, the GOAT female chess player peaked at #8 in the world. Now that's certainly impressive and there's probably no man to ever play that she wouldn't be able to beat every now and then but #1 in the world was simply not within her reach. And she was the best female to ever play. For whatever reason, aside from her no woman has ever even really been competitive at that level so having the Women's World Chess Championship makes sense. <cite>Grischnak posted [p:957522159] in Chess is e... [t:79635456]...</cite> <quote>whitelytning posted... </cite> <quote>Chess is one of these things where Im not sure why they have separate divisions for women. Get rid of that to start.</quote> The reality is, the GOAT female chess player peaked at #8 in the world. Now that's certainly impressive and there's probably no man to ever play that she wouldn't be able to beat every now and then but #1 in the world was simply not within her reach. And she was the best female to ever play. For whatever reason, aside from her no woman has ever even really been competitive at that level so having the Women's World Chess Championship makes sense. </quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
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