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

[andie nachgeborenen]

Actually in chess you are supposed to get the king to
where he can't avoid being taken -- but not to
actually take him. Although "checkmate" (I understand)
means "the king is dead ("Shah mat"). Chess is
super-sexist, though.

--- Doug Henwood <dhenwood at panix.com> 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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