2006 Ladies Tournament

Originally posted by stevetodd
It's news to me too, where did you hear this? I'm sure you must be wrong

Well, your post seemed to imply it. Why would women need an equivalent event if they are included in the site championship, and how would it be an equivalent if one event is open for both men and women, but the other one only for women? If there would be a women championship, it would be only fair to have an equivalent event for men.

Originally posted by Nordlys
Well, your post seemed to imply it. Why would women need an equivalent event if they are included in the site championship, and how would it be an equivalent if one event is open for both men and women, but the other one only for women? If there would be a women championship, it would be only fair to have an equivalent event for men.

Which of course makes no sense at all since chess is not really about the sex.

Originally posted by Nordlys
Well, your post seemed to imply it. Why would women need an equivalent event if they are included in the site championship, and how would it be an equivalent if one event is open for both men and women, but the other one only for women? If there would be a women championship, it would be only fair to have an equivalent event for men.

Look to be honest I have spent enough time on this, but since you asked I will explain. The site championship is just that a championship, what I was saying was it might be nice for the women to have an equivelent (i.e. as in championship not exclusivity) event. All this is not new! the women can enter the world chess championship but the guys cannot enter the womens world chess championship (obviously).

Originally posted by stocken
Which of course makes no sense at all since chess is not really about the sex.

Yes,simply it's not like tennis,soccer or whatever "action" sport,in chess all you need is mental skills and intelligence which are factors not related to gender.

Originally posted by stocken
Which of course makes no sense at all since chess is not really about the sex.

Exactly.

Originally posted by Ravello
Yes,simply it's not like tennis,soccer or whatever "action" sport,in chess all you need is mental skills and intelligence which are factors not related to gender.

yes just like snooker, darts, shooting and green bowling, wait a moment they have separate events for those too Doh! Myabe you should inorm FIDE so thay can stop the women's world championships, you still have time it doesn't start until March

Originally posted by stevetodd
All this is not new! the women can enter the world chess championship but the guys cannot enter the womens world chess championship (obviously).

So because it's not new it must be good?

Originally posted by Nordlys
Exactly.

🙂

Originally posted by Nordlys
So because it's not new it must be good?

look I have said my piece I have no interest in ahviong a petty arguement over it

Originally posted by rhb
I'd like to know the lengths the admin will go to prove my gender.

look guys you have won you have successfully ruined Arrikas's tournamnet, maybe it's time to move on to something else to de-construct? He wanted to do one annually but obviously he can't now and has said as much, so you have won, well done.

Originally posted by Ravello
Yes,simply it's not like tennis,soccer or whatever "action" sport,in chess all you need is mental skills and intelligence which are factors not related to gender.

I agree. I think this whole gender issue is completely absent when it comes to chess. And that's refreshing if anyone asks me.

Originally posted by stevetodd
yes just like snooker, darts, shooting and green bowling, wait a moment they have separate events for those too Doh! Myabe you should inorm FIDE so thay can stop the women's world championships, you still have time it doesn't start until March

Are you saying that to play dart,snooker,shooting,etc,etc, you need only mental skills?
Come on,don't be silly now.

Originally posted by Ravello
Are you saying that to play dart,snooker,shooting,etc,etc, you need only mental skills?
Come on,don't be silly now.

well you raise an interesting point, but I suppose what I meant was that men's additional strength would not be a factor, but I suppose you would be right to argue that strength would be afctor in the cueing action of a snooker player

Originally posted by stocken
I agree. I think this whole gender issue is completely absent when it comes to chess. And that's refreshing if anyone asks me.

I think this whole gender issue should be completely absent when it comes to chess. That would be refreshing, if you ask me.

Originally posted by Nordlys
I think this whole gender issue should be completely absent when it comes to chess. That would be refreshing, if you ask me.

Oh no. I actually wrote "should be" first, but felt it was the wrong choice of words, because to me, it is. Of course, that doesn't mean it is for the rest of the world.

So, ok, it would be refreshing.