Judit Polgar: "Delete" Women's Titles
Titles by rating, not by gender.
A one-minute video by the greatest female player of all time (and one of the best players of her era, period). (HT: Marginal Revolution)
Have at it, but be respectful.
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Definitely the best women player of all time and a top player regardless of gender in the annals of chess. When she talks chess I listen.
I think if you're talking about a world that is pure chess, sure, but a lot of women enjoy women's only events. Ending titles like WGM would be messing with the entire structure of how thousands of women compete. I think we have more important things to worry about in chess rn.
As much as I am a fan of Judit (and always rooted for her when she was competing), not everyone wants to compete like she did. A lot of women players, for example, have talked about liking to play chess in a community of women. It seems like FIDE should not de-incentivize that.