I am not a strong chess player, but I did use to follow some chess matches from a now extinct news paper called The European though I downloaded the 1080P version this seems pretty good even if you want to dip in and out of something as it so compressed - I had no idea about this contest. Though not a very good comment from me compared to these other ones here but I put it in and post it....sorry.

@Vasilius, yes. Women have been shunned from professional chess since at least the early 1980's (when I first paid attention to it). I knew a chess master in the mid '80's who should have been allowed to try, but her dream died from dealing with so many men who kept redirecting her away from competition. I can't know how far she would have made it, but she was talked down to and degraded so often she stopped trying. She was never restricted by the rules, at least not on paper. Still, the soft discrimination she faced was so overwhelming, it's a wonder she didn't end life.

The reason why GM Polgar is special is because she rose to dominance in a sport which historically was deemed playable by men. She proved that limited narrative wrong by playing as well as many strong male GM's. Are there many other men who have a higher ELO than she does? Certainly. If there are a million men who play chess and a few women comparatively, it is to be expected that the number of strong male players will be higher NOT due to superiority in thought but just due to numbers.

@innocentbystander: She is the greatest chess prodigy in history, whether you like it or not, and if you don't understand why her being a woman makes her achievement dozens of times more significant than that of any man, then you're as dvmb as a doornail.

@anonuseranonwords They made a biopic about Eddie "The Eagle" Edwards.

@innocentbystander Why does that matter enough for you to comment?

If a man peaked at 8th best, I don't think there would be a movie about him.

In 1929, at the Carlsbad tournament, chess player Albert Becker, in an attempt to ridicule "Vera Menchik" and her participation in the tournament, suggested that those players who lost to her should join the Vera Menchik Club. Ironically, Becker was the club's first official member.

I read haters in the comments - Good download of a Woman taking names haha

I like playing chest I mean Chess so hopefully this is a good watch... Thanks YTS.

This will surely keep the russian troll farm accounts busy.