Why is there a separate women's championship? Women aren't worse than men; there are just fewer women interested in chess than men. I don't see why there shouldn't just be one large tournament.

MoreFaSho

United States1427 Posts

April 15 2011 22:38 GMT

#27

On April 16 2011 07:20 Seth_ wrote:
Why is there a separate women's championship? Women aren't worse than men; there are just fewer women interested in chess than men. I don't see why there shouldn't just be one large tournament.

This is an often debated topic. My personal opinion is that chess would be a better activity if more women participated and having a few women's tournaments encourages more participation. It can be quite intimidating socially for some women to compete when 90%+ of the competitors are men.

MoreFaSho

United States1427 Posts

April 15 2011 22:40 GMT

#28

Also what they're doing now is really awesome and something that I think sc2 misses a little bit. Imagine grabbing MC or Naniwa after a game he won and immediately going over the replay at 2x speed giving his thoughts on the game. Often we just get vague overall thoughts, but then again chess players spend A LOT longer on each decision.

Zelniq

United States7166 Posts

April 15 2011 22:44 GMT

#29

i see theyre grandmasters too
but do they have a fancy gold star by their name? I don't think so.

538

Hungary3932 Posts

April 15 2011 22:51 GMT

#30

On April 16 2011 05:31 Anihc wrote:
lol, I don't know anything about chess but I read your entire post and it was strangely entertaining.

I felt pretty similar about it, cool post! Chess was something I always contemplated getting into, I'm sure getting a better grasp on it would open up a lot of new layers to appreciating it, similarly to Starcraft

Being unfamiliar with the scene, I have a basic question: Why are there different championships for men and women? (or so it seems from the stream anyway)

MoreFaSho

United States1427 Posts

April 15 2011 22:51 GMT

#31

On April 16 2011 07:44 Zelniq wrote:
i see theyre grandmasters too
but do they have a fancy gold star by their name? I don't think so.

No, but being a grandmaster in chess is enough to get paid to play in some chess tournaments, but the prizes for chess tournaments are pretty small compared to starcraft.

MoreFaSho

United States1427 Posts

April 15 2011 22:58 GMT

#32

On April 16 2011 07:51 538 wrote:

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Being unfamiliar with the scene, I have a basic question: Why are there different championships for men and women? (or so it seems from the stream anyway)

I posted briefly about this above, but I'll leave an even simpler answer, chess championships are funded by sponsors and there are sponsors who want to be affiliated with it so it exists. If I told you we could have all kinds of female only starcraft events and in 20 years there would be so many female players it would become unnecessary, would it be worthwhile? Maybe, maybe not, but it's something to consider. Now what if I change the difference between men and women with the difference between non-koreans and koreans.

Thrill

2599 Posts

April 15 2011 23:00 GMT

#33

Wish i understood more than i do.. =/

MoreFaSho

United States1427 Posts

April 15 2011 23:01 GMT

#34

On April 16 2011 08:00 Thrill wrote:
Wish i understood more than i do.. =/

If you or anybody else has questions about a move in a game I can do my best to answer, I'm a reasonably strong player.

Froadac

United States6733 Posts

April 15 2011 23:15 GMT

#35

The play is so amazing.

Even though I take pride in being damn good at chess (even go to local chess club at times, occasionally beating old guys who play all day lol) this play is amazing. No apparently huge mistakes ><

I'll also answer any related questions.

Do you guys want to make a room on the teamspeak server to discuss this?

MoreFaSho

United States1427 Posts

April 15 2011 23:17 GMT

#36

On April 16 2011 06:08 zobz wrote:
I'm not sure I can actually tell, but like 70% of these names are russian or slavic?

Yes, there are many foreign born players in the tournament, but also consider that former soviet republics have a much stronger chess tradition, the current world champion was born in India.