Author: Don Dailey
Date: 10:25:57 04/25/98
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On April 25, 1998 at 11:17:47, mick adams wrote: >It seems to me fairly academic, that if, Judit Polgar were to play Bobby >Fischer in Reykjavic,right now,the outcome,would,indubitally(or without >doubt)favour the male of the species,and why is this?Surely not because >Judit is a female!No perhaps it is because,in Reykjavic the environement >conspires against the human race,no right-minded turnip,would surely >know the difference.Judit is fantastic! i love her,but you know so is >Bobby,and he's all grown up,and i don't think he was designed upon to >the same extent as sister POLGAR.If,Judit becomes peregnant,her cute >play agin masters of the ilk of Korchnoi,will be seen in true >light.micky. I beg to differ, but it seems highly unlikely that the current Bobby Fischer could win a match against Judit Polgar. I haven't been following this thread so I hope my comment is not out of context somehow. But since I'm here, I might as well throw my 2 cents in and hope these comments are not out of context. I believe it is likely (after sorting out millions of environmental factors) that men and women are not exactly the same intellectually. Based on Judit's performance the evidence is on the side of female superiority at chess. I'm basing this on the fact that percentage-wise, VERY FEW women persue chess compared to men. This of course is not a strong case because there are many arguments that could be offered as to why this is so. But I've always prefered hard evidence over lot's of speculation which I've learned over the years is quite unreliable. My gut intuition (which I rarely trust) is that neither sex has a basic inherited advantage (on the average) over the other. I strongly suspect both sexes bring (again this is a broad generalization that only applies to the average, not individual case) their own strengths and weaknesses to the game. But surely if there turned out to be a sex advantage in chess for one side over the other it must be so small as to be practically immeasurable. But isn't it best just to judge each person on his own merit? After all, who of us in this newsgroup has any chance whatsoever against Judit Polgar? - Don
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