A quick search about the village, Marottichal, and it's chess obsession will lead you to a lot of other publications about this topic. I found similar articles which included pictures of men and women enjoying chess.
First the observation and subsequently this assumption, perhaps speaks more about how we let stereotypes cloud our thinking and judgement, and less about the people of the village/country themselves.
The assumption that women three don't play chess and that village is traditional in extremly stereotypical cartoon way were really mine.
I apologise, I should have investigate before writing. Pics made me really assume that only men there play chess. Guess that original poster was right with his complaint then.
First the observation and subsequently this assumption, perhaps speaks more about how we let stereotypes cloud our thinking and judgement, and less about the people of the village/country themselves.