I don&#x27;t appreciate that this is being downvoted and flagged into oblivion. It&#x27;s frustrating that we Hacker News citizens seem to have adopted a list of taboo topics that we aren&#x27;t allowed to discuss - such as anything related to discrimination against a non-minority. I think this is an interesting discussion to have, and personally I wonder if segregating chess marginalizes the women, too. The atmosphere around this becomes that men are inherently better at chess and women need a special league with a less glamorous title. Chess isn&#x27;t inherently a game where gender factors into your ability to play. The article [0] linked earlier establishes chess as a sport, which is fair, but it doesn&#x27;t follow that all sports should be segregated.<p>[0] <a href="http:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.chessblog.com&#x2F;2009&#x2F;10&#x2F;abolish-womens-itles-ridiculous.html" rel="nofollow">http:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.chessblog.com&#x2F;2009&#x2F;10&#x2F;abolish-womens-itles-ridicu...</a>