tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37675897.post478607340510810962..comments2023-12-28T02:11:22.501+00:00Comments on The Streatham & Brixton Chess Blog: ChesserettesTom Chivershttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09850710685193416732noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37675897.post-394932611270105662011-07-26T21:01:50.945+01:002011-07-26T21:01:50.945+01:00At the British Juniors c1987 later to be FM Jonath...At the British Juniors c1987 later to be FM Jonathan Wilson seemed to be under the misapprehension that he was Andrew Eldritch from the Sisters of Mercy. <br /><br /><br /><br />PGAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37675897.post-80896251428607025532011-07-26T15:17:31.785+01:002011-07-26T15:17:31.785+01:00I think the proportion of women competitors in Ben...I think the proportion of women competitors in Benasque was about 1 in 11, which is some way short of satisfactory but nevertheless better than the UK.<br /><br />I wonder whether the difference may lie in there being more chess in schools, and the connected fact that chess in Spain is considered sport. Perhaps for that reason it may lack the perceived quality of weirdness that it possesses in the UK, and girls are happier to take part.<br /><br />(Not that girls are necessarily opposed to weirdness, obviously, but in my experience weirdness-friendly girls tend to become Goths rather than chessplayers. And how many Goths do you see at chess tournaments, eh? You tell me that.)ejhhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01582272075999298935noreply@blogger.com