Gender and Chess

Few sports expose the hypocrisy behind gender segregation in sports and games than chess. Gender segregation in sports is a persistent, pernicious, and damaging problem to grapple with, largely because the people who are most invested keeping women separate (and profoundly unequal) in sporting competition aren't particularly interested in an honest, evidence-driven discussion about what does and does not work about that arrangement. The arguments centered on observed physiological differences b

Chess] transcends language, age, race, religion, politics, gender, and socioeconomic background - Simon Williams : r/chess

Chess Player Says She Dealt With More Sexism Than 'the Queen's Gambit

Male chess player dresses as female to compete in women's tournament

Why Men Rank Higher than Women at Chess (It's Not Biological)

Closing the gap: How gender-blind is chess, actually? - Chessable Blog

Gender Equality Inequality Discrimination Concept King Stock Photo 2179510239

Female chess players may experience gender bias from parents, mentors

A Call for Research on the Gender Gap in Chess

Charter school working to fill gender gap in competitive chess – Metro US

Why women chess players are better than their male counterparts?

It is not biology': Women's chess hindered by low numbers and sexism, World Chess Championship 2021

Women Perform Worse When Playing Men, New Study Shows

The distribution of the German chess rating with the best-fit normal

New restrictions on trans women chess players match the game's sexist history