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PatitaGrisMarch 14, 2025

TIL! Is there any other sport where women can actually won against men? Chess maybe?

BisphosphateMarch 15, 2025

Chess is still dominated by men, maybe because of men gatekeeping and classical chess being very energy-consuming. The Polgar sisters were very famous women chess players and Judit Polgar was the youngest chess grandmaster at her time and won against many chess world champions. Her playing style inspired many women in chess so that "to play like a women" in chess means very aggressive playing. There is also Rui Naiwei in the game of Go who was the first women to reach 9-dan (the highest ranking in Go) and the only women to won a mix-gendered championship, defeating the best two Go players at the time.