aeolianblues reblogged
That bit really annoyed me, I’m glad she’s taking legal action
Did... people make a series about a trailblazing woman in chess not... do research about trailblazing women in chess
aeolianblues reblogged
My favourite fact about chess ever is how Garry Kasparov, a Russian grandmaster and former world chess champion, once said during an interview:
"Well, in the past, I have said that there is real chess and women’s chess. Some people don’t like to hear this, but chess does not fit women properly. It’s a fight, you know? A big fight. It’s not for women."
Only for Kasparov to get absolutely obliterated by Judit Polgar, a Hungarian woman, a few years later.
Was he the same bitch that tried to be intellectual about computers having some "potential ability" to play humans (he thought it was very cute) only to be destroyed by an AI in the next match and get pissy and bitter about how it was not "real" artificial intelligence, or does this boy have a twin
#chess#garry kasparov#judith polgar#artificial intelligence#computer science#ah the age-old 'women are too weak for physical sports but heaven forfend we put too much pressure on their minds' gag :))#women#women in chess#So I'm graphic designer for a university chess club#I was originally hired was as in-house humour correspondent to make chess more palatable to the masses (read: underslept uni students)#boy do I have material now
A Winter's Game!
I’ve recently gotten busy delving into some juicy graphics work for uni’s chess club: an absolutely mental group of funny, nerdy people who have the craziest dedication to chess you have seen, popping down for six hours on a Friday evening to engage in the sort of mental stimulation only a game of chess can bring. Why have I been hanging out with these guys for the last ten months? It’s partly to…