4/13/2021 – Nature or nurture? Much more men play chess than women and with a rating of 2658 Hou Yifan is the world's number one women player but on the world ranking list she is on place 85. The numbers alone suggest that there is a gender gap in chess. But why? And how should the chess world deal with this situation? Amanda Chen, chess fan and a student of Political Science and Women's and Gender Studies at Rutgers University shares a few observations and ideas.
Videos: Nico Zwirs (Catalan with 7.h4) and Jan Werle (King's Indian Classical with 7...Nbd7). Lucky bag with analyses by Lubomir Ftacnik, Spyridon Kapnisis, Michal Krasenkow, Adrian Mikhalchishin, Renato Quintiliano and many more.
It is the program of choice for anyone who loves the game and wants to know more about it. Start your personal success story with ChessBase and enjoy the game even more.
Videos: Nico Zwirs (Catalan with 7.h4) and Jan Werle (King's Indian Classical with 7...Nbd7). Lucky bag with analyses by Lubomir Ftacnik, Spyridon Kapnisis, Michal Krasenkow, Adrian Mikhalchishin, Renato Quintiliano and many more.
It is the program of choice for anyone who loves the game and wants to know more about it. Start your personal success story with ChessBase and enjoy the game even more.
The new Corr Database 2024 is the large ChessBase collection of correspondence games from the
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€199.90
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