Oxford Dictionaries accused of 'sexist' usage examples including 'rabid...
Oxford Dictionaries has agreed to review the language used in its definitions after coming under fire for sexism. The publisher, part of Oxford University Press, currently prints “a rabid feminist” as...
View ArticleA chess champ named Nazi is taking a stand on women’s rights in Iran
After years of playing with pawns and bishops, the reigning queen of US chess finds herself in the biggest stalemate of her career. Nazi Paikidze, 22, shook up the chess world over the weekend when the...
View ArticleShrill voice of Oxford Dictionary shows grating gender bias
"She's a wild promiscuous good-time girl." Who, you ask. Never mind that: the real question is why. Specifically, why does the Oxford Dictionary have such a misogynistic reflex when it comes to sample...
View ArticleFemale Chess Legend Dismisses Claim Men Are Wired to Be Better Players
Judit Polgar, one of the world's top chess players, has hit back against a claim by another of the game's stars that men are naturally better chess players. "We are capable of the same fight as any...
View ArticleNorwegian keeps chess crown
The Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — On a dreary, rainy Manhattan night, a huge, happy roar arose in a crowd of chess fans from around the world. Two-time world chess champion, Magnus Carlsen, had just...
View ArticleA Queen of Kings: Meet the child prodigy who beat sexism on the black and...
"Before I was born my parents decided that I was going to be a genius." This was the opening line of Judit Polgár's first Ted Talk. She wasn't exaggerating. Judit Polgár was born in Budapest in 1976,...
View ArticleBad News: We’re Sexist
Last year, as Hillary Clinton was gathering the endorsements of a coterie of retired generals and admirals, Angie Maxwell thought one of the long-standing sexist barriers to a female becoming president...
View ArticleWorking trip to Budapest (World Chess Federation)
(Source: World Chess Federation) On January 28, the FIDE President during his working trip to Budapest visited the office of the Hungarian Chess Federation where he met with GM Judit...
View ArticlePolgar hits out at Short
British chess master Nigel Short has made a bad opening gambit by saying women are inferior at the game, says former Hungarian Grandmaster Judit Polgar, who has defeated the Briton eight times to...
View ArticleAn interview with chess legend Judit Polgar
Judit Polgar was a chess prodigy and is the only woman who has ever made...
View ArticleCiting neuroscience, a Grandmaster says men are better at chess. Smart move?
Chess master Carissa Yip, who at age 11 became the youngest female ever to defeat a grandmaster, plays a match at the chess club in Billerica, Mass. In a commentary for a chess magazine, British chess...
View ArticleBrussels Chess in Schools Conference (World Chess Federation)
(Source: World Chess Federation) A Chess in Schools Conference, organized by the European Chess Union (ECU) took place in the European Parliament during the afternoon of 24 February. Speakers from a...
View ArticleHarika’s mantra for women’s world chess championship: Go for gold
The year 2016 was wonderful for women’s sports in India. PV Sindhu secured silver in badminton during the 2016 Rio Olympics while Sakshi Malik won bronze in wrestling. In women’s chess, 2016 was a year...
View ArticleYoung, male and feminist – if only there were more of them
Schools and universities have their share of students engaging in sexist and misogynistic behaviour. But there are also those who are standing up against it – and their numbers are growing...
View ArticlePortrait of Judit Polgar in "The Telegraph"
Judit Polgar has retired from tournament chess but...
View ArticlePolgar routes Navara 6-2 in ČEZ Chess Trophy
That is not a picture of Judit Polgar with her badly...
View ArticleHungarian chess queen moves into education
BUDAPEST — Innovation, it seems, runs deep in the Polgar family DNA. In the 1970s, the father Laszlo, a teacher, challenged Hungary’s communist authorities by homeschooling his children as chess...
View ArticleSuper-Grandmaster Koneru Humpy speaking
She turned twenty in March this year, and is, after...
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