Don’t worry, there are plenty of feminists who will find excuses for female inadequacy.

In the case of chess that’s frequently “few women find chess interesting,” and “95 percent of tournament players are men.” There are, in fact, women-only tournaments where women can show each other how to play the game more adeptly. There are no male-only FIDE tournaments. Physical strength, and speed, are not involved. Strategic thinking is. What this says about the mental abilities of women I leave as an exercise for the reader.