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Is the Gap between Women and Men in Chess Closing?
Written by Administrator
Friday, 17 June 2011
Let's take a look at the average rating of top-10 men and top-10 women for the last ten years.
Date
Average rating of top-10 (Men)
Average rating of top-10 (Women)
Gap
Jan. 2001
2751.2
2533.6
217.6
Jan. 2002
2749.9
2530.9
219
Jan. 2003
2752
2520.7
231.3
Jan. 2004
2749.6
2525.6
224
Jan. 2005
2749.5
2511.6
237.9
Jan. 2006
2757.8
2525.1
232.7
Jan. 2007
2753.4
2537.2
216.2
Jan. 2008
2766.4
2554.2
212.2
Jan. 2009
2769.5
2560.9
208.6
Jan. 2010
2773.6
2557.1
216.5
Jan. 2011
2782.4
2568.8
213.6
A few quick conclusions:
The average rating of top-10 men has increased by 31.2 points during the last 10 years
The average rating of top-10 women has increased by 35.2 points during the last 10 years
The data doesn't prove that the gap is closing fast enough. It is still over 200 points (the difference in title rating requirements for women as compared to men), and has decreased by only 4 points during 2001-2011
2. Written by
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on 17:39 17 2011 .
What does it matter
In my opinion, this does not really matter. 1- We have seen among men professionals those who had higher rating than the world champion. 2- We need to take into account that men players outnumber women. 3- Among women chess players I know personally, those who became mothers had to stop or at least reduce their activities for a while. Similar observation among musicians too. I'm sure in some of such cases, a new male chess player is born In my experience, generally speaking, women's brain works better horizontally. In other words, it can better cover wider attention range, while men's would rather cover a more restricted range but go deeper. Both are needed in chess (as well as in life). There are situations where one advantage is more useful than the other. I believe we should overcome this kind of questions. Both need to participate to benefit the game and its players.
4. Written by
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on 21:16 18 2011 .
What does it matter
I really think that women just need more tournaments and more sponsorships; a prize for women in strong men open in order to make them play too.
5. Written by Peter on 22:11 18 2011 .
What does it matter
Luigi, that would be the perfect case, but most sponsors find it unfair if a woman finishes, let's say, 20th and earns more than a guy who was 5th. And it's hard to prevent that since men are generally stronger.
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on 12:19 19 2011 .
What does it matter
Yes, Peter, I undestand that point of view. So, is this a vicious circle? Men are stronger means no prize for women in open tournaments, this means women will never play in open tournaments, this means womens will not have any chance to play against men and, let me say, improve their playing skills, this means that no one will never put a prize for women in an open tournament since men are stronger than women. I think sponsors and organizers should understand that having women in tournaments means having more participants and more visibility. I mean, let's make the hypothesis that I am an organizer and that I can have 50 players in my tournament; I have 2 or 3 sponsors, some ads on chess magazines and websites. Ok, it's good. What if, with a prize for women, I'll have 70 players? It's better for me as organizer, better for the sponsors, better for the future of that tournament, better for the future of chess. I don't know, maybe I think we live in a perfect world where logical actions generate logical results.
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on 13:48 22 2011 .
I don't see the point
"Men are stronger means no prize for women in open tournaments, this means women will never play in open tournaments" So what happens with not so strong men who don't usually win prizes? They play open tournaments nonetheless. Of course it's unfair that the 20th gets a higher prize than the 5th. It's just common sense. And to think that chess is supposed to develop our brains....!!!!!
