Chess Champion Claims Men Are Better At The Game Than Women

British chess grandmaster Nigel Short tells Sky News "men just better at some things."

15:10 23 April 2015

British Chess Champion Nigel Short found himself in hot water over his comments that women’s brains are small than men’s. Appearing on Sky News, he clarified that men had 10per cent larger brains than women and “more grey matter.” He then pointed out that on chess league tables, women were barely featured. 

 

Speaking to Sky News from Pattaya, Thailand, Short said: "It's quite easy to demonstrate there's a fairly substantial gap between men and women at chess.

 

"I think that probably sexism is an issue in chess. However, it's a fact that men and women are hardwired differently.

 

"Men have 10% larger brains. They have more grey matter - women have more white matter.

 

"Women have better verbal skills, women have all sorts of skills that are better than men. But the gap (in chess) is quite large and I believe that's down to sex differences.

 

"I'm not sure what these differences are; some say it's aggressiveness, some say that men are more obsessive. But whatever the reason, the sex differences exist."