re: Men vs. Women: Chess

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women are better schemers and planners, so that "should" make them much better chess players.

problem is, women are also very impatient so that hampers them

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I think there is another explanation that I got from a study of scrabble champions. Most scrabble players are women, by a lot. Most champions are men. They studied why and concluded that it’s probably due to the fact that the men work harder at it.

Apparently being good at scrabble requires a ton of memorization, and the only people willing to put in the time are men. The reason? There are scrabble groupies, believe it or not. The men want that action and work their asses off for it. Probably the same goes for chess, although I believe the outlier theory, too.