Pioneer Wojtek, was: RE: [lbo-talk] it's inevitable

joanna 123hop at comcast.net
Fri May 5 12:45:38 PDT 2006


I hate chess (too single-minded) but love its ironies....The queen is the most powerful piece on the board and the king is one of the least powerful except for the significance of his capture.

Bridge player...

Joanna

Doug Henwood wrote:


> Michael Pollak wrote:
>
>> There are actually two pretty clear sociological reasons why women
>> have done so badly in chess which the career of the Polgars did a lot
>> to expose. One is that top flight chess players are, on average, the
>> most antediluvianally sexist bastards you've ever seen. Marines are
>> better. This was something I never expected, and I have no idea
>> where it comes from, but it's undeniable.
>
>
> Because it's all about killing the king, no? Or is that too obvious?
>
> Doug
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