question: Why is there Men and Women's separate Chess Divisions?
comment: There aren't separate men's and women's chess divisions. There are chess tournaments for everyone, and chess tournaments only for women. Women are allowed to play in both. Because there aren't many women playing chess in general, and because women pretty much never win the "for everyone" tournaments, women-only chess tournaments are created to try to get women involved and to give them a chance to win something.
passages: Though the open FIDE titles are not gender-segregated, the following four titles given by FIDE are exclusive to women and may be held simultaneously with an open title. The requirements for these titles are about 200 Elo rating points lower than the requirements for the corresponding open titles. Not all leading female players have elected to take such titles; for example, Grandmaster Judit Polgár, in keeping with her policy of playing only open competitions, never took a women's title.
  
  Section::::Women's titles.:Woman Grandmaster (WGM).
   BULLET::::- Öztürk, Kübra (1991) Turkey - WGM
  
  Section::::P.
  
  BULLET::::- Pähtz, Elisabeth (1985) Germany - WGM and IM
  
  BULLET::::- Paridar, Shadi (1986) Iran - WGM
  
  BULLET::::- Peng, Zhaoqin (1968) People's Republic of China, Netherlands - GM 2004
  
  BULLET::::- Soňa Pertlová (1988–2011) Czech Republic - WIM
  
  BULLET::::- Piatigorsky, Jacqueline (1911–2012) France, USA
  
  BULLET::::- Pogonina, Natalia (1985) Russia - WGM and IM
  
  BULLET::::- Polgár, Judit (1976) Hungary - GM 1991
  
  BULLET::::- Polgár, Sófia (1974) Hungary, Israel - WGM and IM
  
  BULLET::::- Polgar, Susan (1969) Hungary, USA - Women's World champion, GM 1991
  
  BULLET::::- Pourkashiyan, Atousa (1988) Iran - WGM
   Nonetheless, by the mid-1980s a number of women were competing regularly in events with men. In 1991, Susan Polgar became the first woman to earn the Grandmaster title on the same basis as the men, by earning Grandmaster norms. The country of Georgia produced some of the best women chess players of the later 20th century, including the first female International Grandmaster, Nona Gaprindashvili, who was awarded a special title in 1978.
  
  Section::::Grandmasters.
  
  There are currently 37 female players who hold the Grandmaster title:
   BULLET::::- Klovāne, Astra (1944) Latvia
  
  BULLET::::- Konarkowska-Sokolov, Henrijeta (1938) Poland, Serbia - WGM
  
  BULLET::::- Koneru, Humpy (1987) India - GM 2002
  
  BULLET::::- Korbut, Ekaterina (1985) Russia - WGM and IM
  
  BULLET::::- Kosintseva, Nadezhda (1985) Russia - WGM and IM
  
  BULLET::::- Kosintseva, Tatiana (1986) Russia - WGM and IM
  
  BULLET::::- Kosteniuk, Alexandra (1984) Russia - Women's World Champion, GM 2004
  
  BULLET::::- Kostiuk, Tatiana (1982) Ukraine - WGM
  
  BULLET::::- Kozlovskaya, Valentina (1938) Russia - WGM
  
  BULLET::::- Kristol, Ljuba (1944) Russia, Israel - ICCF Women's World Champion
  
  BULLET::::- Krush, Irina (1983) Ukraine, USA - GM (2013)
  
  BULLET::::- Kursova, Maria (1986) Armenia - WGM
   BULLET::::- Schneider, Veronika (1987) Hungary - WGM
  
  BULLET::::- Sebag, Marie (1986) France - GM 2008
  
  BULLET::::- Semenova, Lidia (1951) Ukraine - WGM
  
  BULLET::::- Shahade, Jennifer (1980) USA - WGM
  
  BULLET::::- Sheldon, Ruth (1980) England - WIM
  
  BULLET::::- Shen Yang (1989) China - IM
  
  BULLET::::- Skripchenko, Almira (1976) Moldova, France - WGM and IM
  
  BULLET::::- Soćko, Monika (1978) Poland - GM 2008
  
  BULLET::::- Solomons, Anzel (1978) South Africa - WIM
  
  BULLET::::- Srebrnič, Ana (1984) Slovenia - WGM
  
  BULLET::::- Starr, Nava (1949) Latvia, Canada - WIM
  
  BULLET::::- Stefanova, Antoaneta (1979) Bulgaria - Women's World Champion, GM 2003
  
  BULLET::::- Stevenson, Agnes (1873–1935) England
   All the titles listed above are open to men and women. Separate women-only titles, such as Woman Grandmaster (WGM), are also available. Beginning with Nona Gaprindashvili in 1978, many women have also earned the unsegregated GM title.
  
  Section::::Over-the-board chess.:National titles.
   BULLET::::- van der Merwe, Cecile (1987) South Africa - WIM
  
  BULLET::::- Verőci, Zsuzsa (1949) Hungary - WGM
  
  BULLET::::- Volpert, Larisa (1926) Russia - WGM
  
  BULLET::::- Vozovic, Oksana (1985) Ukraine - WGM
  
  Section::::W.
  
  BULLET::::- Wang Jue (1995) China - WGM
  
  BULLET::::- Wang Lei (1975) China - WGM
  
  BULLET::::- Wang Pin (1974) China - WGM
  
  BULLET::::- Wang Yu (1982) China - IM
  
  BULLET::::- Wijesuriya, Suneetha Sri Lanka
  
  BULLET::::- Wijesuriya, Vineetha (1970) Sri Lanka - WCM
  
  BULLET::::- Wolf-Kalmar, Paula (1881–1931) Austria
  
  BULLET::::- Wu Mingqian (1961) China - WGM
  
  Section::::X.
  
  BULLET::::- Xie Jun (1970) People's Republic of China - Women's World champion, GM 1994
   There is also a Woman Grandmaster (WGM) title, but the requirements for achieving it are significantly lower. As of 2017, no woman has ever been the world champion, and only seven are currently among the top 500 players. As of 2017, the top 12 to 14 women hold the Grandmaster title. In September 2005, Susan Polgar's younger sister GM Judit Polgár of Hungary, then rated #8 in the world by the international chess organization FIDE, became the first woman to play for the World Championship title.
  
  Section::::International Masters.
  
  Section::::International Masters.:Current.
   BULLET::::- Guo Qi (1995) China - IM
  
  BULLET::::- Guramishvili, Sopiko (1991) Georgia - WGM and IM
  
  Section::::H.
  
  BULLET::::- Hamid, Rani (1944) Bangladesh - WIM
  
  BULLET::::- Harika, Dronavalli (1991) India - WGM and IM
  
  BULLET::::- Harum, Gisela (1903–1995) Austria
  
  BULLET::::- Heemskerk, Fenny (1919–2007) The Netherlands - WGM
  
  BULLET::::- Herman, Róża (1902–1995) Poland - WIM
  
  BULLET::::- Hoang, Thanh Trang (1980) Vietnam, Hungary - GM 2007
  
  BULLET::::- Holloway, Edith (1868–1956) England - WIM
  
  BULLET::::- Hołuj-Radzikowska, Krystyna (1931–2006) Poland - WGM
  
  BULLET::::- Hou Yifan (1994) People's Republic of China - GM 2008
  
  BULLET::::- Houska, Jovanka (1980) England - WGM and IM
   BULLET::::- Gara, Anita (1983) Hungary - WGM and IM
  
  BULLET::::- Gara, Ticia (1984) Hungary - WGM
  
  BULLET::::- Gerlecka, Regina (1913–1983) Poland
  
  BULLET::::- Gilbert, Ellen (1837–1900) USA
  
  BULLET::::- Gilchrist, Mary (c.1882–1947) Scotland
  
  BULLET::::- Golubenko, Valentina (1990) Estonia, Croatia - WGM
  
  BULLET::::- Gong Qianyun (1985) China - WGM
  
  BULLET::::- Goryachkina, Aleksandra (1998) Russia - WGM
  
  BULLET::::- Graf, Sonja (1908–1965) Germany, Argentina, USA - WIM
  
  BULLET::::- Melissa Greeff (1994) South Africa - WGM
  
  BULLET::::- Gresser, Gisela (1906–2000) USA - WIM
  
  BULLET::::- Guggenberger, Ilse (1942) Colombia - WIM
  
  BULLET::::- Gunina, Valentina (1989) Russia - GM 2013
  
  BULLET::::- Guo, Emma (1995) Australia - WIM
   BULLET::::- Huang Qian (1986) China - WGM
  
  BULLET::::- Hunt, Harriet (1978) England - WGM and IM
  
  Section::::I.
  
  BULLET::::- Ioseliani, Nana (1962) Georgia - WGM and IM
  
  Section::::J.
  
  BULLET::::- Jacková, Jana (1982) Czech Republic - WGM and IM
  
  BULLET::::- Johansson, Victoria (1974) - WIM
  
  BULLET::::- Ju Wenjun (1991) China - GM
  
  Section::::K.
  
  BULLET::::- Karavade, Eesha (1987) India - WGM and IM
  
  BULLET::::- Karff, Mona (1914–1998) Bessarabia (Moldova), Palestine, USA - WIM
  
  BULLET::::- Keller-Hermann, Edith (1921–2010) Germany - WGM
  
  BULLET::::- Khoudgarian, Natalia (1975) Russia, Canada - WIM
  
  BULLET::::- Khurtsidze, Nino (1975–2018) Georgia - WGM and IM
  
  BULLET::::- Kļaviņa, Ilga (1941) Latvia
   BULLET::::- Xu Yuanyuan (1981) China - WGM
  
  BULLET::::- Xu Yuhua (1976) People's Republic of China - Women's World champion, GM 2007
  
  Section::::Y.
  
  BULLET::::- Yakovleva, Lora (1932) Russia - ICCF Women's World Champion
  
  BULLET::::- Yıldız, Betül Cemre (1989) Turkey - WGM
  
  BULLET::::- Yuanling Yuan (1994) China - WIM
  
  Section::::Z.
  
  BULLET::::- Zatonskih, Anna (1978) Ukraine, USA - WGM and IM
  
  BULLET::::- Zatulovskaya, Tatiana (1935) Azerbaijan, Russia, Israel - WGM
  
  BULLET::::- Zawadzka, Beata (1986) Poland - WGM
  
  BULLET::::- Zhai Mo (1966) China - WGM
  
  BULLET::::- Zhang Xiaowen (1989) China - WGM
  
  BULLET::::- Zhao Lan (1963) China - WIM
   BULLET::::- Kushnir, Alla (1941–2013) Russia, Israel - WGM
  
  Section::::L.
  
  BULLET::::- Lahno, Kateryna (1989) Ukraine, Russia - GM 2007
  
  BULLET::::- Lane, Lisa (1938) USA - WIM
  
  BULLET::::- L'Ami, Alina (1985) Romania - IM
  
  BULLET::::- Larsen, Ingrid (1909-1990) Denmark - WIM
  
  BULLET::::- Lauberte, Milda (1918-2009) Latvia - WIM
  
  BULLET::::- Lazarević, Milunka (1932) Serbia - WGM
  
  BULLET::::- Lei Tingjie (1997) China - GM
  
  BULLET::::- Leite, Catarina(1983) Portugal - WIM
  
  BULLET::::- Levitina, Irina (1954) Russia, USA - WGM
  
  BULLET::::- Li Ruofan (1997) China - IM
  
  BULLET::::- Lin Ye (1974) China - WFM
  
  BULLET::::- Litinskaya-Shul, Marta (1949) Ukraine - WGM
   The "Seeded into Final" column usually refers to the incumbent champion, but this has a different meaning for the 1949-50 tournament which was held to produce a new champion after the death of Menchik, and for the knock-out tournaments since 2001, where the defending champion gets no special privileges.
  
  Section::::See also.
  
  BULLET::::- Development of the World Chess Championship
  
  BULLET::::- Candidates Tournament
  
  BULLET::::- Women's World Chess Championship
  
  Section::::References.
  
  BULLET::::- The women's game, worldchess.com
  
  BULLET::::- World Chess Championship for Women, Mark Weeks' chess pages
  
  BULLET::::- Women's World Championship events 1949/50-present, Mark Weeks' chess pages
   BULLET::::- Stock, Lara (1992) Germany, Croatia WGM
  
  BULLET::::- Styazhkina, Anna (1997) Russia - WIM
  
  BULLET::::- Sukhareva, Olga (1984) Russia - ICCF Women's World Champion
  
  BULLET::::- Sun Fanghui (1993) China - WIM
  
  Section::::T.
  
  BULLET::::- Tairova, Elena (1991-2010) Russia - WGM and IM
  
  BULLET::::- Tan Zhongyi (1991) China - GM
  
  BULLET::::- Tian Tian (1983) China - WGM
  
  BULLET::::- Tonini, Alice Italy
  
  BULLET::::- Topel, Zehra (1987) Turkey - WIM
  
  BULLET::::- Tranmer, Eileen (1910–1983) England - WIM
  
  BULLET::::- Tuvshintugs, Batchimeg (1986) Mongolia - WGM
  
  Section::::U.
  
  BULLET::::- Ushenina, Anna (1985) Ukraine - GM 2012
  
  Section::::V.
  
  BULLET::::- Vajda, Szidonia (1979) Romania, Hungary - WGM and IM
   List of female chess players
  
  This article lists female chess players that received official FIDE titles or are otherwise renowned.
  
  Section::::History of women playing chess.
   Judit was asked about playing against boys instead of the girls' section of tournaments: "These other girls are not serious about chess...I practice five or six hours a day, but they get distracted by cooking and work around the house."
   Section::::Over-the-board chess.:National titles.:Individual federations.:United States.:Expert.
   Naturally, since women only made up a small part of the total number of players, this system was only introduced gradually for the women's title. The first Candidates Tournament was held in 1952 and the first Interzonal in 1971. In the same cycle (1971–72), the format for the Candidates Tournament was changed from a round-robin to a knock-out series of matches. In 1976, the number of Interzonals was increased to two, due to the growing number of zones and chess-playing nations worldwide.
   BULLET::::- Chaudé de Silans, Chantal (1919–2004) France - WIM
  
  BULLET::::- Chiburdanidze, Maia (1961) Georgia - Women's World Champion, GM 1984
  
  BULLET::::- Çınar Çorlulu, Nilüfer (1962) Turkey - WIM
  
  BULLET::::- Corke, Anya (1990) Hong Kong, England - WGM
  
  BULLET::::- Čmilytė, Viktorija (1983) Lithuania - WGM and IM
  
  BULLET::::- Cramling, Pia (1963) Sweden - GM 1992
  
  Section::::D.
  
  BULLET::::- Dekic, Biljana (1950) Australia - WIM
  
  BULLET::::- Dembo, Yelena (1983) Russia, Israel, Hungary, Greece - WGM and IM
  
  BULLET::::- Ding Yixin (1991) China - WGM
  
  BULLET::::- Donaldson, Elena (1957–2012) Russia, Georgia, USA - WGM
  
  BULLET::::- Dzagnidze, Nana (1987) Georgia - GM 2008
   Woman Grandmaster (achieved at some time a rating of 2300) is the highest-ranking chess title restricted to women aside from Women's World Champion. FIDE introduced the WGM title in 1976, joining the previously introduced lower-ranking title, Woman International Master.
  
  The WGM title represents a level of chess skill lower than that of the unrestricted Grandmaster (GM) (2500) title, and WGM requirements are also lower than the requirements for the unrestricted International Master (IM) (2400) title. The winner of the World Girls Junior Championship is automatically awarded the WGM title. The current regulations can be found in the FIDE handbook.
   BULLET::::- Nora Medvegy
  
  BULLET::::- Salome Melia
  
  BULLET::::- Sophie Milliet
  
  BULLET::::- Lilit Mkrtchian
  
  BULLET::::- Nisha Mohota
  
  BULLET::::- Batkhuyag Munguntuul
  
  BULLET::::- Guliskhan Nakhbayeva
  
  BULLET::::- Nomin-Erdene Davaademberel
  
  BULLET::::- Lisandra Teresa Ordaz Valdés
  
  BULLET::::- Iulija Osmak
  
  BULLET::::- Evgenija Ovod
  
  BULLET::::- Elisabeth Pähtz
  
  BULLET::::- Nazi Paikidze
  
  BULLET::::- Corina Peptan
  
  BULLET::::- Svetlana Petrenko
  
  BULLET::::- Pham Le Thao Nguyen
  
  BULLET::::- Sofia Polgar
  
  BULLET::::- Maka Purtseladze
  
  BULLET::::- Iweta Rajlich
  
  BULLET::::- Olita Rause
  
  BULLET::::- Eva Repkova
  
  BULLET::::- Paula Andrea Rodriguez Rueda
  
  BULLET::::- Padmini Rout
  
  BULLET::::- Anna Rudolf
  
  BULLET::::- Tania Sachdev
  
  BULLET::::- Dinara Saduakassova
  
  BULLET::::- Sarai Sanchez Castillo
  
  BULLET::::- Anastasia Savina
  
  BULLET::::- Zoya Schleining
  
  BULLET::::- Elena Sedina
  
  BULLET::::- Shen Yang
   Beginning in 2001, the women's championship, like the open one, was contested as single elimination tournaments with 64 players playing mini-matches for six rounds until only one remained. In the case of the open title this format was widely criticized, since several of the tournaments played during this period (1998–2004) were won by players with relatively low ratings. This was taken by some as a devaluation of the title. In the case of the women's championship, however, all of the knock-out tournaments were actually won by players who have before or since proven that they do belong to the absolute world elite.
   BULLET::::- Liu Shilan (1962) China - WGM
  
  BULLET::::- Lu Xiaosha (1973) China - WIM
  
  Section::::M.
  
  BULLET::::- Macalda di Scaletta (c. 1240–c. 1310) Kingdom of Sicily
  
  BULLET::::- Mádl, Ildikó (1969) Hungary - WGM and IM
  
  BULLET::::- Majdan, Joanna (1988) Poland - WGM
  
  BULLET::::- Marić, Alisa (1970) USA, Serbia - WGM and IM
  
  BULLET::::- Marić, Mirjana (1970) Serbia - WGM
  
  BULLET::::- Marinello, Beatriz (1964) Chile - WIM
  
  BULLET::::- Matveeva, Svetlana (1969) Russia - WGM and IM
  
  BULLET::::- Menchik, Olga (1908–1944) Czechoslovakia, England
  
  BULLET::::- Menchik, Vera (1906–1944) Czechoslovakia, England - Women's World Champion
  
  BULLET::::- Meyer, Marany (1984) South Africa/New Zealand - WIM
   BULLET::::- Roos, Nancy (1905–1957) United States
  
  BULLET::::- Rootare, Salme (1913–1987) Estonia - WIM
  
  BULLET::::- Ross, Laura (1988) United States - WFM
  
  BULLET::::- Ruan Lufei (1987) China - WGM
  
  BULLET::::- Rubene, Ilze (1958-2002) - WIM
  
  BULLET::::- Rubtsova, Olga (1909–1992) Russia - Women's World Champion and IFCC Women's World Champion, WGM
  
  BULLET::::- Rudenko, Lyudmila (1904–1986) Ukraine, Russia - Women's World Champion, WGM
  
  BULLET::::- Rudge, Mary (1842–1919) England
  
  Section::::S.
  
  BULLET::::- Sabure, Taduetso (1982) Botswana - WGM
  
  BULLET::::- Sachdev, Tania (1986) India - IM and WGM
  
  BULLET::::- Šafranska, Anda (1960) Latvia, France - WGM
  
  BULLET::::- Schwartzmann, Paulette (1910–19??) Latvia, France, Argentina
  
presuppositions: Men and Women's chess divisions are separated from each other. There are mens and womens seperate chess divisions
corrections: Chess divisions are not separated, in certain occasions there may be women's only tournaments, but generally women usually allowed to play in all tournaments. There aren't separate men's and women's chess divisions. 
raw_presuppositions: Men and Women's chess divisions are separated from each other. There are mens and womens seperate chess divisions
raw_corrections: Chess divisions are not separated, in certain occasions there may be women's only tournaments, but generally women usually allowed to play in all tournaments. There aren't separate men's and women's chess divisions. 