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Alexandra Kosteniuk
Personal blog · chessblog.comgamesculture
Alexandra Kosteniuk's personal blog at chessblog.com covers games and culture. Since 2012, 3 different Hacker News readers have linked it 3 times. The last post was in 2014, but the archive is still widely read.
Too few sampled comments (2) to say how often HN recommends it.?
Why HN links it
HN readers link this chess blog for its argument against women's titles and for separate women's leagues. One commenter cites it in a thread on the economics of a chess tournament.
Summarised by Claude from a sample of 2 HN comments that link here. Each comment is marked recommending, critical or neutral (citing without judging); how this works.
12th Women's World Chess Champion and Chess Queen™, Grandmaster Alexandra Kosteniuk Chess Blog. Daily news about chess, puzzles, and information
Most-linked posts?
- /2009/10/abolish-womens-itles-ridiculous.html2 people · 2 mentions · first linked 2015-10-14
What Hacker News says?
I don't appreciate that this is being downvoted and flagged into oblivion. It's frustrating that we Hacker News citizens seem to have adopted a list of taboo topics that we aren'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…
Comment linking /2009/10/abolish-womens-itles-ridiculous.html
on “Counterintuitive economics of a chess tournament”Submitted What non-chess games do chess champions play? as a story · 1 points
HN discussionI agree with you. But this article states a few reasons, I think are a valid, why a female league is necessary: http://www.chessblog.com/2009/10/abolish-womens-itles-ridicu...
Comment linking /2009/10/abolish-womens-itles-ridiculous.html
on “Counterintuitive economics of a chess tournament”