The champions of chess are mostly men, but this is not due to male ability. An Oxford University study has revealed that there are simply too few women in the game.
Men outnumber women by 16:1 in the German chess federation.
Merim Bilalic, a member of Oxford’s research team, stated that when 100 of the best men played the 100 of the best women, the men played slightly better. But 96% of the difference was due to more men playing chess overall.
There has not been a female world or British chess champion.
