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Submitted by batgirl on Mon, 03/24/2008 at 9:48pm.

 In honor of the newly created All Women's Tournament I wanted to demonstrate my support by posting something appropriate to the occasion.

 

Dress for Chess

 

I've decided, since I've written a good bit about women in chess over these many years, I would simply provide links to some of these archived articles for those interested in actually learning something about the history and the role of women in vast terrain of Chess.

 

        Girl Chess - How it Was (1999)

        You Play Like an Old Lady (2004)

        The Indominatable Ellen Gilbert (2004)

        Lisa Lane (2004)

        U.S. Women's Chess Champions (2005)

        The Mysterious Diane Savereide (2004)

        Diane Savereide - revisited (2007)

        Savereide and Cardoso (2007)

        My Daughter's First Game (2004)

        Land of 1000 Dances (2004)

        The Schuhplatter Dance (2004)

        Edith Helen Winter-Wood Baird (2004)

        Sofonisba Anguissola (2005)

        Léona Queyrouze (2005)

        Chess Bitch (2005)

        Patricia Anne Sunnucks (2006)

        Thelcide's Érard (2006)

        Love, Romance & Sex in Chess (2006)

        Mysterious Female (2007)

        The First 17 years of Organized Women's Chess in America (2007)

        Women Can Play Chess! (2008)

        Why Women Can't Play Chess (2008)


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Comments:

by cgs - 45 days ago
Veszprém Hungary
Member Since: Feb 2008
Member Points: 309

Girl chess: How it was?

It was in Hungary in 1479:

One must know that the first famous Hungarian chess-player was a woman. She was the wife of I. Mathias (regnum:1458-1490) Hungarian King. She had born in Italy (Naples) and her name Beatrix Arragoniae (Lived: 1457-1508) The biographer of King, Bonfini wrote: She played chess with the Czech King Ulaslo in 1479. She married with Mathias in 1476. When the King called upon to play her, was told: "quandoque latrunculos cum Regina ludere jubebat." 


by oginschile - 45 days ago
Salt Lake City, UT United States
Member Since: Aug 2007
Member Points: 539

Here here to women... and any other players who forge through whatever uncomfortable circumstances they have to endure to add to the rich history of chess.

Sometimes I wonder how many of these pioneers ever paused to think that they might be making history, or if they just pushed on because they simply loved chess.

Either way, their stories are as inspiring as their chess.


 
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