Invisible Pieces: Women in Chess

Great piece! However, this is incorrect:

"In short, the study concludes that ‘the great discrepancy in the top performance of male and female chess players can be largely attributed to a simple statistical fact—more extreme values are found in larger populations.’ That is to say that the more people in a group, the more likely it is that people within that group will be anomalous in some way. "

It does not mean that the more people in a group, the more likely it is that people within that group will be anomalous in some way. The two groups may be equally likely to have anomalous individuals. What it means is that, conditional on being anomalous, an individual is more likely to belong to the group with more people in it.

I've studied neuroscience and published peer-reviewed journal articles in a related field. I've never met a reputable, research active neuroscience professor who would suggest there are no biological differences between the brains of the sexes (on average).

I posted John Stossel because his video is accessible to the layperson.

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It sure seems like you're commenting without even reading the article first.

Seriously, are we really supposed to believe that had she released this article with her name attatched she'd be risking her life? She's making some interesting points, but that stretches plausibility to it's very limits. We're a chess community not the Mafia.

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I think the author's bottom line is that these differences are not proven to matter in chess.

@elburaiano

The Lichess article suggests there are biological differences, yes. The male brain is heavier on average. What Rippon says is that there's no evidence these changes mean anything.

If you can signpost us to conclusive proof in a reputable (peer reviewed) academic journal that there are intrinsic biological differences in the male and female brain and that those differences confirm that all men and all women have skills or abilities in certain realms, I would be very grateful if you could share them, as that would be (as I understand it) the biggest achievement in neuroscience in 100+ years and Nobel prize worthy.

OK. This guy already did a quick synopsis on the matter.

www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZHFZOXiM9SM

I'll be dropping a video later, as well, to knock this crap out of the park.

There is exactly one way to think about the matter of "Women in Chess", and I'm pretty much fed up and tired of the current stupid narratives that surround this matter.

I apologize, emphatically, to girls/young ladies/women in chess for the current atmosphere, and I'll be launching a counter-offensive against the disgusting and self-serving ideas that surround this matter.

Pathetic minds, at some point, need to be muzzled and made to shut up and be quiet.

I suspect that of the 300Kish different unique chess players, almost all of the imbeciles who are here to bump gums about women are in these forums, all 100 of them, and the rest are all busy doing what they ought be; e.g., playing chess.

So.

Since there is a nattering and very vocal extreme-minority that wants to bogart these forums, I'm recommending that the rest of us push back and make their comments to be 1:1000 and nearly unfindable.

Their influence should be mitigated to nearly ZERO.

They should be made to shut up and be ignored.

Admins should have no problems *IMMEDIATELY* closing/muzzling accounts that speak stupid about the matter.

There are FAR FEWER sniveling pseudo-man wimps, ego-strokers, racist-white-supremacists, MGTOW, etc., than they're making themselves out to be. They're just VERY LOUD and VERY WHINY and VERY SNIVELING.

Since Lichess Admin has made this matter front-page, I'll be taking immediate advantage to add some common sense and logic to the issue.

I will discuss this matter LOGICALLY and without vested ego.
Doing so will absolutely contrast all of the sniveling and vested, self-centered cowards and make them obvious.

They should be quieted.

It's time to officially begin the process of officially apologizing to, and then welcoming women into this meta-sport.

It's time for the little boy-kiddies to be quiet now.
It's time for the men to speak up.

To those who are complaining about being subjected to "politics" or "propaganda", it is a choice to read this. And if you read it and dislike it just because of what it's about, then why read it? These things have a title and introduction for a reason.

"I’ve had strangers requesting my phone number - and giving me theirs."

This is a problem how? The author makes many good points, but this line is just ridiculous - nothing wrong with showing interest in another person.

Only leftists opinion are correct, If you happen to disagree with the article and post your own opinion be prepared to accept dozens of thumbs downs, some of them from admins themselves. With that being said good luck to female players of chess and shogi, there never was a woman champion in any of these games and there will never be but feel free to dream, after all some people still believe that the Earth is flat and that the unicorns do exist, have a nice day.