Women in Chess

It's well known that men seem to outplay women, in general. The top 100 men in chess highly outrank the top 100 women in chess. But why? Is the reason biological, cultural, etc? A recent study seems to have answered this question. It's only a matter of statistics.

The bell curve for men simply includes more players, hence the long tail is longer, equals stronger players on the high end of the bell curve. It follows that the reverse is also true: meaning that the worst 100 male chess players play much worse than the worst 100 female players.

Fischer Parody

The Onion did a funny parody on the death of Bobby Fischer. I'm posting this, hoping it's not too soon to laugh about the famous American chess player's passing.

Endgame study

Ray Garrison visited the chess club last night, and he and Tony composed an interesting endgame study with lots of interesting variations. White to play and win.