Why are there no women at Computer Chess Club??
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Why are there no women at Computer Chess Club??
Women play chess and use computer chess software!!
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Re: Why are there no women at Computer Chess Club??
My 4 cents. It's a not interesting thing for the majority of girls (programming) added to another not interesting thing to them (lone programming). So statistically it’s very unlike to find girls here.
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Re: Why are there no women at Computer Chess Club??
The video game industry did research about a decade ago. Research shows that most females are attracted to very social activities. For some reason Chess, programming and Chess programming don't have reputations as being very social.
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Re: Why are there no women at Computer Chess Club??
Try Facebook, there are many girls with 2,000+ friends. More than the whole CCC.Sean Evans wrote:
Women play chess and use computer chess software!!
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Re: Why are there no women at Computer Chess Club??
There was in the past. If my memory serves, Chessfun, was Sarah Bird, and she was very active on the old forum.
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I remember her now that you mentioned it. She is mentioned here in CB news: http://bit.ly/1mbRBRARobert Flesher wrote:There was in the past. If my memory serves, Chessfun, was Sarah Bird, and she was very active on the old forum.
Here is her old site, now active anymore.
http://bit.ly/1mbREge
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She was 27 years old with a child over ten years ago. She stopped abruptly with no warning. Does chessbase know what happened? She just went off the grid, without warning.Robert Flesher wrote:There was in the past. If my memory serves, Chessfun, was Sarah Bird, and she was very active on the old forum.
I couldn't locate her in Barrie On Canada, under the name Sarah Bird.
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My whole life turned ugly in less than a year recently so in 10 years anything can happen especially if you have a child/husband to rear.Terry McCracken wrote:She was 27 years old with a child over ten years ago. She stopped abruptly with no warning. Does chessbase know what happened? She just went off the grid, without warning.Robert Flesher wrote:There was in the past. If my memory serves, Chessfun, was Sarah Bird, and she was very active on the old forum.
I couldn't locate her in Barrie On Canada, under the name Sarah Bird.
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Re: Why are there no women at Computer Chess Club??
I am not sure that there are no women.
I have no way to detect the gender of people in this club and it is clearly possible that people write without using their real name.
I have no way to detect the gender of people in this club and it is clearly possible that people write without using their real name.
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Re: Why are there no women at Computer Chess Club??
Hello, Alice BlassUri Blass wrote:I am not sure that there are no women.
I have no way to detect the gender of people in this club and it is clearly possible that people write without using their real name.