Life In 19x19

I very much hope that breakfast's account has been hacked, or that this is an incredibly tasteless joke. This thread is insulting not only to the two females mentioned, but to every female player in Europe...

Personally I dislike the idea of any kind of positive discrimination. Yes, we have youth prizes, but surely that's in part because youth players are at a disadvantage. We wouldn't ever expect that a 7-year-old, whose brain would still be developing, could beat the strongest adult players (although I ...