so brave of the Post to publish the courageous "girls be dumb" take, wherein Babs concludes that societal factors can't explain the lack of women grandmasters because The Queen's Gambit "shows, authentically, that any kid is welcome at any chess club."https://nationalpost.com/opinion/barbara-kay-the-glaring-flaw-of-the-queens-gambit-that-no-one-wants-to-mention …
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The sad thing about the show is that one way in which it's unrealistic is it's just really hard to believe Beth succeeding that consistently without growing up with a strong support system Judit Polgar had a dad determined to prove girls could do anything boys could
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And even then, like The sad and familiar story of why Polgar retired and stopped rising up through the ranks as the #8 player in the world is that she'd gotten married, had kids, and decided she had to put her family first
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Yeah I dig that he wanted to tear down barriers for them, but I agree with your use of the word "manufacture". He reminds me a little of the dadager of the Shaggshttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Shaggs
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I haven't seen the show yet, but from what I hear, the closest analogue among famous chess players to Beth's story is that of Bobby Fischer.
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