Chess star Nigel Short stands by claims women not 'hardwired'' to be good at game

Ahead of playing 20 women simultaneously, Nigel Short fires back at critics - including Hilary Barry, who called him a "t**t".

Nigel Short Men 'Hardwired' to Be Better at Chess

Nigel Short: 'Girls just don't have the brains to play chess

Chess gender debate in the international press

Nigel Short says men 'hardwired' to be better chess players than women, Gender

Grandmaster Nigel Short: 'Women are not as skilled as men at chess', London Evening Standard

There is no country in the world where women are equal to men in chess': Greater Manchester-born grandmaster Nigel Short on the Queen's Gambit and gender in the game - Manchester Evening

Girls are 'hard-wired very differently' and are subsequently bad at chess, says grandmaster once beaten by a woman

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Chess gender debate in the international press

Nigel Short Men 'Hardwired' to Be Better at Chess

Nigel Short: 'Girls just don't have the brains to play chess

Nigel Short and Susan Polgar at war

Nigel Short says men 'hardwired' to be better chess players than women, Gender