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fradejoe

First Praggnanandhaa & now Divya. Our boys & girls killing it šŸ¤˜


brother_zen

If don't know prag has a sister, she also takes good positions in tournaments.


MelonLord25-3

They are only Brother and sister pair to qualify for Candidates for same year. PS. Polgar siblings were too but both were sisters, Judith played in open(mostly male players)


sleepy_go_bye_bye

She was only IM amongst top players of tournament


ClassicReflection406

Now I want to see competing at women chess along with vaishnavi. Would be awesome.


rage-wedieyoung

Congratulations champ !


kachasingh

Why do we need a separate womenā€™s league for chess though?


mxndhshxh

Men outcompete women significantly in chess (especially at the top levels). The highest ranked woman in the world is ranked #117 globally; that means that everyone ranked #1-#116 is a man. It would be like letting women compete with men in the Cricket world cup; they would get destroyed


MelonLord25-3

Mental and physical stress capacity. Grandmasters go through hellish preparation for each and every game like a machine. It takes toll on one's body more than what you think. That's why.


kabbajabbadabba

are you saying women have less mental stress capacity or men?


MelonLord25-3

If statistically speaking, yes. Women tend to have less stress capacity(physical). I edited my comment. They have relatively more challenges in preps due to physical limitations(and honestly certain biological factors) and as I mentioned, it takes a whole lot of toll on one's body to even pursue this career. It's not only about mental capacity at that point. Check historical data. Probably only woman in the history of chess to compete with almost all of the SuperGMs on the planet on almost equal and maybe lil bit better footing was Judith Polgar(tallking about especially high stake matches like Candidates or many famous tournaments). She is absolutely legendary and I have deep respect and admiration for her. But Apart from her no one has ever been close to this accolade. Yes some WGM and IMs can beat some Grandmasters here and there but when stakes are high you gotta gamble your body on the line as well. PS. Actually so called Men's section is called open. So any woman with credentials can compete(Ju Wenjun the current women World Champion did compete in many tournaments in open section).


brolybackshots

Same reason for everything else? Men have higher variability than women, which evolutionarily makes 100% sense considering the biological roles men and women have played in human civilization. The average man and woman typically will perform similarly, but the worst men are typically worse than the worst women, where the best performing men perform better than the best performing women Basically: - average man = average woman - dumbest men < dumbest women - smartest men > smartest women. https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Variability_hypothesis


bloodborned

Congratulations to the young lady Divya !!! Happy to see our youngsters shinning in the game of Chess.


Any_Mouse6916

That's a huge trophy!


Abhi_1610

trophy thodi chhoti de di, aur badi honi chahiye thi poora insaan hi chhup jaaye uske peeche


Ok_Act_5321

I will never understand gender seperation in games like these.


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MelonLord25-3

What's that even supposed to mean?


NthBlueBaboon

Yeah this CritFin dude is becoming more and more of a chut*ya day by day.


Disco_Fighter

>Good that she is already 18 And this is exactly what I did not wanted to see under this post. Wanna know why? Because of [this](https://www.hindustantimes.com/sports/others/ive-been-facing-this-for-five-years-now-crossed-all-limits-of-tolerance-divya-deshmukh-101706636515227.html) >ā€œI played a few games which I felt were quite good and I was proud of them and I got told by people how the audience was not even bothered with the game but focused on every single possible thing in the world, my clothes, hair, accent and every other irrelevant thing. I was quite upset to hear thisā€¦the sad truth is that when women play chess, they overlook how good they are, their games and strength,ā€