Yes and no, men are better represented at the extremes on the IQ spectrum, so among the extremely intelligent and the extremely unintelligent there are more men and I think women have a slightly higher average general intelligence overall. But still the spatial intelligence required for chess is probably generally higher in men.
Yes and no, men are better represented at the extremes on the IQ spectrum, so among the extremely intelligent and the extremely unintelligent there are more men and I think women have a slightly higher average general intelligence overall. But still the spatial intelligence required for chess is probably generally higher in men.