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There is certainly sexism built into the rating system, as woman titles require 200 less Elo points to achieve. https://www.chess.com/article/view/how-to-become
by Claudus 5y ago
There is certainly sexism built into the rating system, as woman titles require 200 less Elo points to achieve. https://www.chess.com/article/view/how-to-become-a-chess-grandmaster#rating https://www.chess.com/article/view/how-to-become-a-chess-gra...
- argc 5y agoIf the titles required the same Elo to achieve then there wouldn't be a point to have separate titles. The female-only titles are useful to encourage women to compete imo.
- CydeWeys 5y agoThey're different titles though. Grandmaster (GM) != Woman Grandmaster (WGM). Judit Polgár, for example, peaked at an Elo of over 2,700, so she easily qualified for Grandmaster (requirement of 2,500). Similarly, a Brigadier General is not the same rank as a General, despite some commonality in word choice between the two ranks.
- namdnay 5y agoWell OK, but it doesn’t explain why there’s a WGM. There isn’t a “woman sergeant” position, and we’d definitely take offense at a company defining separate “senior engineer” and “woman senior engineer” positions.. so why accept the condescension of WGM?
- mikepurvis 5y agoNot all female players do: "These titles are sometimes criticized and some female players elect not to take them, preferring to compete for open titles. For example, Grandmaster Judit Polgár, in keeping with her policy of playing only open competitions, never took a women's title." https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/FIDE_titles#Women's_titles https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/FIDE_titles#Women's_titles
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