Pfupisa nyaya yacho:  Mambokadzi ndiro dombo rine simba zvikurusa mu chess. Asi mumwe wavakuru vakuru vanozivikanwa zvikurusa veUK akatsamwisa vakadzi kupfurikidza nokutaura kuti havana kungwara zvakakwana kuti vatambe mutambo wacho. Nigel Short, ane makore 49, akati vakadzi vakanga vasina kukodzera kutamba chess nokuti yaida kufunga zvine mufungo. Mutsinhiri wechess uye munyori akati vakadzi vanofanira kubvuma kuti vakanga "vakaumbwa nenzira yakasiyana zvikuru" uye vakanga vasiri nyanzvi pakutamba chess sevarume. VaShort, avo vakanga vari mutambi wokutanga weEngland kutamba mutambo weWorld Chess Championship, vakaita tsinhiro idzi pakutsanangura chikonzero nei kwakanga kune vakadzi vashomanene kwazvo mumakwikwi echess. Nigel Short akataura zvine nharo kuti vakadzi vakanga vasina kukodzera kutamba chess nokuti zvaida kufunga zvine musoro. Asi vatsoropodzi vakakurumidza kutaura kuti akarasikirwa nomutambo wakakurumbira waipikisana nomudzidzisi mukuru wechikadzi. Akaudza magazini inonzi New in Chess kuti: "Nei [varume nevakadzi] vachifanira kushanda zvakafanana? "Handina kana dambudziko duku rokubvuma kuti mudzimai wangu [Rea] ane pfungwa dzakapinza zvikuru kupfuura zvandinoita. Nenzira yakafanana, haanzwi kunyara mukundibvunza kuti ndibudise motokari mugaraji redu rakamanikana. <unk>Hapana ari nani kupfuura mumwe, tine unyanzvi hwakasiyana chete. Zvingava zvakanaka kuona vasikana vakawanda vachitamba chess, uye pamwero wakakwirira, asi panzvimbo pokuzvidya mwoyo pamusoro pokusaenzana, zvichida tinofanira kungobvuma kuti ichokwadi.<unk> Mashoko ake anowirirana neaya omukwikwidzi wake Garry Kasparov, uyo akataura zvakashata kuti: "Vakadzi, nemasikirwo avo, havasi vatambi vechess vakatanhamara: havasi varwi vakuru". Vatambi vechikadzi vechess vakaita nehasha kumashoko aVaShort usiku hwapfuura. Judit Polgar wokuHungary, ari pamusoro apa, aimbova shasha yenyika yevakadzi, akakunda Nigel Short mumitambo misere yechinyakare kusvika kumatatu akazara. Amanda Ross, mutungamiri wekirabhu yeCasual Chess muLondon, akaudza The Daily Telegraph kuti mashoko acho "anokuvadza zvisingadaviriki apo mumwe munhu anoremekedzwa zvikuru anotsigira rusaruraganda". Akawedzera kuti: <unk>Judit Polgar, aimbova shasha yenyika yevakadzi, akakunda Nigel Short mumitambo misere yechinyakare kusvika kumatatu akazara, aine zvishanu zvakaenzana....
Nigel Short akati vakadzi vanofanira kubvuma kuti "vakaumbwa zvakasiyana" Akataura achitsanangura kuti nei paiva nevakadzi vashoma kwazvo mumutambo wechesi. Vatambi vechikadzi vechess vakaita nehasha kumashoko aVaShort usiku hwapfuura.