Why the Gender Gap Will Eventually CloseSEPT. 13, 2014Economic ViewBy TYLER COWEN Debates over the supposed differences between men and women are a staple of pop culture. But two new books offer an economic look at the evidence, giving...
Men, women and chess skill: The whole truth
Men, women and chess skill: The whole truth (1) German grandmaster and chess24 author Ilja Zaragatski, who has a degree in Economics and Sociology as well as considerable expertise in (evolutionary) psychology, takes a scientific but light-hearted look at...
The Big Gender Question
Where are the Queens in Chess? Recently the Imperial College chess team arrived back from BUCA. After multiple rounds, Imperial managed to dominate the entire tournament. It was a great weekend of fun and exciting chess games. Maximilian Eggl...
The Grandmaster Experiment
The Grandmaster Experiment 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...
Battles of the Gender
Polgar: Battle of the Gender matches between chess champsPublished: Sunday, February 15, 2009 The question of the week is has there ever been a chess match between World Chess Champions of opposite gender, something similar to the Bobby Riggs...
Boys edge girls in battle of the gender
Boys beat girls in national chess competition at Bolton School11:30am Saturday 18th January 2014 THE boys proved they had the right moves to be crowned the kings of chess. Boys and girls at Bolton School went head to head...
Beauty Queens & Battling Knights: Risk Taking and Attractiveness in Chess
For every 1-standard-deviation increase in a female opponent’s attractiveness, male participants in large international chess competitions have an 8% greater propensity to play risky openings, but these moves aren’t beneficial for their game performance, says a team led by...
Veterans crushed women’s team at Razuvaev Memorial
Men vs Women Men (10.5): Gulko 3½ out of 4, Alburt and Mikhalchishin 2½, Tukmakov 2 Women (5.5): Krush 2, Zatonskih and Kosteniuk 1½, Sedina ½ http://www.mdchess.com Chess Daily News from Susan Polgar
Old Hands overcame a 5 point deficit to win match
Final standingsThe Old Hands team made a stunning come back by winning the last 5 matches to win the match! Chess Daily News from Susan Polgar
Ladies with big lead over veterans
(December 2012, Hotel Zámeček, Poděbrady) The team of legendary grandmasters (Wolfgang Uhlmann, Fridrik Olafsson, Oleg Romanishin and Vlastimil Hort) will compete in two round scheveningen match called Snowdrops and Oldhands – Czech Coal Chess Match 2012 with the rising generation...