My son’s school chess club has only one board for every four girls — they take turns, but the prize money in the district tournament is split three-to-one in favor of boys. Our headmistress says it’s “just the way the game goes,” but I’ve watched that one girl, Swapna, beat every boy in her class twice over. When money follows the same old lines, the best players don’t get seen — bagundi, that quiet miracle of a sudden checkmate is no different for a girl or a boy.
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