The purpose of this study wasto compare the amateur male and female chess players’mental skills in Iran. The statistical population of this study was all amateur male and female chess players in Iran. 160 male (n=99) and female (N=61) chess players were selected as a statistical sample through stratified sampling. The instrument for collecting of data is included the Ottawa Mental Skills assessment Tool (OMSAT-3) under three broader conceptual components: foundation, psychosomatic, and cognitive skills. The collected data were classified by descriptive statistical methods and were analyzed by MANOVA (P≤0.05). the results of study show that there is no significant difference in none of the components of foundation, psychological, and cognitive skills between amateur male and female chess players. Therefore, it seems that the gender factor has no decisive role in amateur female and male chess players,mental skill. We can conclude that there is no significant difference between amateur female and male chess players in mental skills because there is not a physiological difference between them in chess sport and the power and endurance are not played role in this sport.
کلید واژگان :Mental skills, chess, amateur players
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