Can women play chess?

[BrilloPad]

Nigel Short: 'Girls just don’t have the brains to play chess’ - Telegraph

After all, men can't have babies....

[mudskipper]

I know the difference between a prawn and a horse.

[BrilloPad]

I've just started work as a human chess piece.
The money's good, I'm on knights this week.

[SimonMac]

I assume given that chess is a mixed sport where they can compete against each other, the fact there hasn't been any female chess champions, or many at all in the top 1000 that gives you the answer that no they can't (or can't be bothered)

[VectraMan]

I assume given that chess is a mixed sport where they can compete against each other, the fact there hasn't been any female chess champions, or many at all in the top 1000 that gives you the answer that no they can't (or can't be bothered)

The interesting thing from reading that article is that there is a women's chess championship.

Why?

[d000hg]

I know the difference between a prawn and a horse.

You can eat them both

The interesting thing from reading that article is that there is a women's chess championship.

Why?

Presumably it was an attempt to get more women interested in chess. I think it's seen as a male-dominated world - similar to IT in fact - so you don't get as many women involved.

That said, considering the top levels of chess require abilities totally alien to 99.999% of us it could be possible that the very small differences between male and female brains are enough to skew male brains as favourable for being a master chess player?
Not saying that's the case, just that it seems conceivable.

[MicrosoftBob]

Men can have the right to have babies though, or so say the Peoples Front of Judea (Or was that the Popular Peoples Front of Judea ?)

[MarillionFan]

I know the difference between a prawn and a horse.

One is hung like a horse, the other is hung like Dim Prawn?

[Jubber]

Can women play chess?

Does "Bashing the Bishop" count?

[MarillionFan]

Nigel Short: 'Girls just don’t have the brains to play chess’ - Telegraph

After all, men can't have babies....

Women know your limits.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LS37SNYjg8w