Men better at chess than women
Inspired by a link I found in this chess blog http://boylston-chess-club.blogspot.com/ I decided to search google about the female psychology in chess. I know that men are better in chess than women. I see it around me all the time. I often wonder why I go into all this trouble and study chess but the truth is that I really enjoy it. Maybe the very fact that chess is so difficult makes it attractive for me but its also addictive.
Anyway I found this article http://www.psychologytoday.com/rss/pto-20050614-000002.html which is worth reading. It is about the Polgar sisters and the way they were brought up. They were actually conceived to become an experiment in creating geniouses. No wonder they became the first women chess players to reach such great level in the men category.
Summary of the article: The queen is the most powerful piece on the chessboard. Yet in the ultra-elite ranks of chess, a woman who can hold her own is the rarest of creatures. How, then, did one family produce three of the most successful female chess champions ever?
Anyway I found this article http://www.psychologytoday.com/rss/pto-20050614-000002.html which is worth reading. It is about the Polgar sisters and the way they were brought up. They were actually conceived to become an experiment in creating geniouses. No wonder they became the first women chess players to reach such great level in the men category.
Summary of the article: The queen is the most powerful piece on the chessboard. Yet in the ultra-elite ranks of chess, a woman who can hold her own is the rarest of creatures. How, then, did one family produce three of the most successful female chess champions ever?
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