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[quote=Anonymous]I am not familiar with the reasons behind the female chess series, but I am familiar with an all-female series in motorsport, a feeder series sponsored by F1 currently called the F1 Academy.

Now you might imagine that would be unnecessary, as the car is doing the hard work. And TBH it's mostly true although it is a more physical sport than you would guess.

The major issue, and the reason why the F1 Academy is needed, is that young drivers (and by young I mean 10-17 year olds) need incredible levels of sponsorship to go through all of the levels from junior karting up to F2, the last step on the ladder to F1. All along the way they face discrimination from potential sponsors, driver academy programs run by the major F1 teams, as well as disparagement from their peers.  It's a very elitist sport and the simpletons will say "golly which woman is ready for F1" and everyone with half a brain knows it's because female drivers got weeded out long before that.

It's possible that chess faces similar barriers.  I don't really know how that works.  I have not spoken to female chess masters about their experience going up the ranks.[/quote]

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