How do we get more girls interested in Chess?

I think for me, the QG really introduced me to the game, I am pretty terrible, I have only just learned the basic openings etc. But how long until we have a non male World Champion? Would it take a Beth Harmon like story, even now? Basically my question is how can we get more girls playing?

To have a non male world champion ? Certainly not in the near future...but it will of course happen in some time in the future. You can get more girls to play by simply spreading awareness....Thats the only thing I can think of.

This question, and this BH rubbish - I said it - demonstrates one doesn't understand basic principles indeed. I'll tell you what it is: it's what it is.  Don't deny what nature is. If you stick with chess, then you'll be in a world with few ladies. True story until chess is chess no more and has morphed into something else.

This is the only honest answer.

🙄impressive 

That's easy. Change the game into something else. 

Judit Polgar is the closest you can get

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Judit_Polg%C3%A1r 

yeah, i started playing when I was in 2nd grade.

maybe cuz most guys are homely in chess ?

"How do we get more girls interested in Chess?"

Make this the required board/set design for OTB tournaments:

http://alteredbarbie.com/artwork/barbie-vs-powerpuff-girls

 

Beth Harmon was pretty badass

I dont feel like it really matters all that much

     If you see enough of the forums here that discuss women in chess you will find one big reason why there aren't more girls in chess--many of the adolescent boys that make up the majority of new young players think women are inherently inferior chess players and their attitude toward girls makes many potential female players uncomfortable.

     Also, for a long time women were barely accepted in organized chess, so it was something girls rarely considered. When I began to play in the mid 1970s, it was rare to see a female chess player. Returning to play five years ago after a 25-year absence I noticed many more females, especially among the younger players. Over time the presence of girls in chess circles will become more usual and even more women will take up the game.

The current world champion is Neuter gender (Stockfish)

Well you’re doing way better than me from the same introduction.

Looking at FIDE ratings of the top male and female players, it looks as though we are probably 10 years or more away from a female world champion.

I don’t know how to get more women playing. It would be interesting to know what effect The Queen’s Gambit had had. That was probably a once in a lifetime uplift. Other than that, individuals promoting the game.

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What?

mpaetz explained it all in their response.

Judit Polgar was the closest to breaking the barrier of women in top chess, and competing for the Word Championship by being for a time in the top 10 rated players in the world. Hu Yifan was the next closest. When you consider the ratio of women to men in chess the likelihood of excellence is probably fairly similar, there are just a huge difference in proportion of men to women in the game. I don’t believe in Beth Harmon stories, but I do believe in Judit Polgar and Hu Yifan stories, and believe they marked the way for other females to follow and improve their standings in chess.

You attract females to the game when you don’t alienate them early on by acting like they will ultimately be inferior at the game but are awarded special titles just for them, special competitions just for them. You attract them by normalizing their presence in the game, and encouraging them to participate and if desired, make careers out of it. You stop treating them as an abnormal presence in the chess world and part of chess society just as in general society. Honestly women might turn chess into a better social activity and general mainstream activity in my opinion with a bigger presence. You just have to start somewhere, and that’s the hardest part of it all.

The answer is obvious - Queen's Gambit Part Deux. Mo' money, mo' money for Hollywood...

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