Should Women’s Titles Be Abolished?
Posted in Media Stories on Oct 14th, 2009 2 Comments »
There was an interesting argument made in a recent Wall Street Journal article titled, “Abolish Women’s Chess Titles”. This is a long-held argument that women’s titles encourage mediocrity since the standards are much lower than for overall titles. Chinese star GM Hou Yifan Photo by Fred Lucas. For example, to earn the Grandmaster title, a […]