TIL chess is gendered.
Not to distract from the excellent accomplishment there, but still.
TIL chess is gendered.
Not to distract from the excellent accomplishment there, but still.
*girl grandmaster.
Honestly female grandmaster would be the most suitable had the word not become inflammatory. We need to start reclaiming our language.
Woman Grandmaster is a title. It's lower ranked than Grandmaster and International Master.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/FIDE_titles
There are women that have the Grandmaster title. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_female_chess_players
'Grandmistress'
Edit: This was supposed to just be a funny sounding non-word, but I seem to have walked straight into the culture wars.
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