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Women in the Chess World

Sensible, easy to understand. Thank you!

Sensible, easy to understand. Thank you!

You make points that make me wonder about this topic as well - this made me ponder your questions in a different perspective. What a nice thought-provoking article!

You make points that make me wonder about this topic as well - this made me ponder your questions in a different perspective. What a nice thought-provoking article!

@ebk1976 said in #2:

Sensible, easy to understand. Thank you!

@ScarletSupernova said in #3:

You make points that make me wonder about this topic as well - this made me ponder your questions in a different perspective. What a nice thought-provoking article!

Thank you for your feedback! You made my day! As a new blogger, I just wanted a place to share thoughts and ideas with people who understand the topic. Really appreciate the kid words!

Have a great day!

@ebk1976 said in #2: > Sensible, easy to understand. Thank you! @ScarletSupernova said in #3: > You make points that make me wonder about this topic as well - this made me ponder your questions in a different perspective. What a nice thought-provoking article! Thank you for your feedback! You made my day! As a new blogger, I just wanted a place to share thoughts and ideas with people who understand the topic. Really appreciate the kid words! Have a great day!

I really liked the blog. It's short and simple.

I wanted to point out that what you said at the end isn't 100% true.
I've been to a chess club before, and I can see the girls are treated the same way as the boys.

By the way, the champion of Colombia is Isonila Majul. She is an International Master.
Here is her FIDE profile: https://ratings.fide.com/profile/4400534

I really liked the blog. It's short and simple. I wanted to point out that what you said at the end isn't 100% true. I've been to a chess club before, and I can see the girls are treated the same way as the boys. By the way, the champion of Colombia is Isonila Majul. She is an International Master. Here is her FIDE profile: https://ratings.fide.com/profile/4400534

@ThePracticeGuy said in #5:

I really liked the blog. It's short and simple.

I wanted to point out that what you said at the end isn't 100% true.
I've been to a chess club before, and I can see the girls are treated the same way as the boys.

By the way, the champion of Colombia is Isonila Majul. She is an International Master.
Here is her FIDE profile: ratings.fide.com/profile/4400534

Thanks for the feedback. I try to keep things short and simple. I know people do not have a lot of time. I just posted a longer blog post today because I had a lot more to say, but I tried to categorize the ideas for those who like to skim read. ;-)

Just to clarify, at your club, are you talking about a kids' club? I think boys and girls are generally treated the same at the chess clubs and this is great. It is when players get older that there starts to be differentiation. At my club with mostly adults and the occasional teenager, I am the only female playing chess. Other women stop by either to watch the guys or to play other games. I have visited several different clubs all over my city and I am always the only woman there playing chess. I once brought another woman with me who also plays chess. She wasn't a strong enough player to enjoy her time there though, so she never returned. I was just speaking from my own experiences as always, but I do try to be accurate.

Thanks for writing.
Thanks for mentioning the Columbian player. I will look up here story. I always like to learn new things.

@ThePracticeGuy said in #5: > I really liked the blog. It's short and simple. > > I wanted to point out that what you said at the end isn't 100% true. > I've been to a chess club before, and I can see the girls are treated the same way as the boys. > > By the way, the champion of Colombia is Isonila Majul. She is an International Master. > Here is her FIDE profile: ratings.fide.com/profile/4400534 Thanks for the feedback. I try to keep things short and simple. I know people do not have a lot of time. I just posted a longer blog post today because I had a lot more to say, but I tried to categorize the ideas for those who like to skim read. ;-) Just to clarify, at your club, are you talking about a kids' club? I think boys and girls are generally treated the same at the chess clubs and this is great. It is when players get older that there starts to be differentiation. At my club with mostly adults and the occasional teenager, I am the only female playing chess. Other women stop by either to watch the guys or to play other games. I have visited several different clubs all over my city and I am always the only woman there playing chess. I once brought another woman with me who also plays chess. She wasn't a strong enough player to enjoy her time there though, so she never returned. I was just speaking from my own experiences as always, but I do try to be accurate. Thanks for writing. Thanks for mentioning the Columbian player. I will look up here story. I always like to learn new things.

@Letpchess My admiration for you over the equanimity with which you approach this subject. In your position I would be more bitter about the different opportunities offered to girls and boys at the time you were growing up (which was somewhat later than when I grew up but had not improved in that time).

I know that as a boy there were different expectations put on me than there were for girls. For that reason I had no problem at all when I expressed an interest in chess and then took it up seriously as a teenager. (On the other hand, there were other activities which interested me but were out of the question because they were "girls' things". At the age of five I vividly remember hanging out with the girls in the playground because they did more interesting things than the boys did. At some point not long after that I had a stern lecture from my father and from some teachers about what was appropriate for a boy, and my interests were forcibly altered as a result.)

I have a hunch you'd have taken up chess long before 2019 if it hadn't been so male dominated. But of course I may be completely wrong.

@Letpchess My admiration for you over the equanimity with which you approach this subject. In your position I would be more bitter about the different opportunities offered to girls and boys at the time you were growing up (which was somewhat later than when I grew up but had not improved in that time). I know that as a boy there were different expectations put on me than there were for girls. For that reason I had no problem at all when I expressed an interest in chess and then took it up seriously as a teenager. (On the other hand, there were other activities which interested me but were out of the question because they were "girls' things". At the age of five I vividly remember hanging out with the girls in the playground because they did more interesting things than the boys did. At some point not long after that I had a stern lecture from my father and from some teachers about what was appropriate for a boy, and my interests were forcibly altered as a result.) I have a hunch you'd have taken up chess long before 2019 if it hadn't been so male dominated. But of course I may be completely wrong.

@Brian-E said in #7:

@Letpchess My admiration for you over the equanimity with which you approach this subject. In your position I would be more bitter about the different opportunities offered to girls and boys at the time you were growing up (which was somewhat later than when I grew up but had not improved in that time).

I know that as a boy there were different expectations put on me than there were for girls. For that reason I had no problem at all when I expressed an interest in chess and then took it up seriously as a teenager. (On the other hand, there were other activities which interested me but were out of the question because they were "girls' things". At the age of five I vividly remember hanging out with the girls in the playground because they did more interesting things than the boys did. At some point not long after that I had a stern lecture from my father and from some teachers about what was appropriate for a boy, and my interests were forcibly altered as a result.)

I have a hunch you'd have taken up chess long before 2019 if it hadn't been so male dominated. But of course I may be completely wrong.

Thanks for the kind words. I learned to play chess when I was about 6 years old. My father taught me, but I really didn't understand the game and didn't really enjoy it. None of my friends played chess and so I didn't think about it much. I got into chess in 2019 because a friend challenged me to play so he could show off his skills. Because of my competitive nature, I studied it so I could start beating him. By the time I got that strong, I was hooked. ;-)

@Brian-E said in #7: > @Letpchess My admiration for you over the equanimity with which you approach this subject. In your position I would be more bitter about the different opportunities offered to girls and boys at the time you were growing up (which was somewhat later than when I grew up but had not improved in that time). > > I know that as a boy there were different expectations put on me than there were for girls. For that reason I had no problem at all when I expressed an interest in chess and then took it up seriously as a teenager. (On the other hand, there were other activities which interested me but were out of the question because they were "girls' things". At the age of five I vividly remember hanging out with the girls in the playground because they did more interesting things than the boys did. At some point not long after that I had a stern lecture from my father and from some teachers about what was appropriate for a boy, and my interests were forcibly altered as a result.) > > I have a hunch you'd have taken up chess long before 2019 if it hadn't been so male dominated. But of course I may be completely wrong. Thanks for the kind words. I learned to play chess when I was about 6 years old. My father taught me, but I really didn't understand the game and didn't really enjoy it. None of my friends played chess and so I didn't think about it much. I got into chess in 2019 because a friend challenged me to play so he could show off his skills. Because of my competitive nature, I studied it so I could start beating him. By the time I got that strong, I was hooked. ;-)