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[[Image:Staunton chess set.jpg|right|thumb|300px|A typical chess set and tournament clock.]]

[[Image:Staunton chess set.jpg|right|thumb|300px|A typical chess set and tournament clock.]]

'''Chess''' is a [[conservative]], intellectually challenging [[board game]] for two players.  Based purely on skill and merit without any element of chance, chess has long been one of the most popular games in the world. The goal of the game is to place the opposing king into ''checkmate'', that is, a position in which the king is under attack but cannot escape.  Confounding [[feminists]], virtually all the best chess players are male, and only about 1% of the 1500 grandmasters are female.  Only three women have ever ranked in the top 100, and none has ever been world champion against men.

'''Chess''' is a [[conservative]], intellectually challenging [[board game]] for two players.  Based purely on skill and merit without any element of chance, chess has long been one of the most popular games in the world. The goal of the game is to place the opposing king into ''checkmate'', that is, a position in which the king is under attack but cannot escape.   

 

 

Confounding [[feminists]], virtually all the best chess players are male, and only about 1% of the 1500 grandmasters are female.  Only three women have ever ranked in the top 100, and none has ever been world champion against men.  But females can benefit enormously from chess as males do.

Chess emphasizes individualistic pieces, in contrast to more collectivist strategy game called "go".  Chess is more hierarchical, more militaristic, and more clear-cut when someone wins.  "Go", which is ancient Chinese incrementalist-type of board game, has far fewer decisive moves than in chess.  "Go" tournaments feature almost entirely Asian players, while the top chess players are typically from the West or from [[India]].

Chess emphasizes individualistic pieces, in contrast to more collectivist strategy game called "go".  Chess is more hierarchical, more militaristic, and more clear-cut when someone wins.  "Go", which is ancient Chinese incrementalist-type of board game, has far fewer decisive moves than in chess.  "Go" tournaments feature almost entirely Asian players, while the top chess players are typically from the West or from [[India]].