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The world’s top chess federation has ruled that transgender women cannot compete in its official events for females until an assessment of gender change is made by its officials.

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[–] [email protected] 15 points 1 year ago (2 children)

Of all the sports where someone's biological sex would matter, chess is not one of them.

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[–] [email protected] 14 points 1 year ago

it was never about fairness.

[–] [email protected] 13 points 1 year ago (3 children)

I recently heard the argument that no men would mentally survive loosing to a women in chess, especially grandmasters.

ngl I wonder if this contains more then a kernel of truth

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[–] [email protected] 13 points 1 year ago (12 children)

Being a minority in any social setting brings difficulties that others just don't otherwise face.

Having a women's category for chess is a way of creating a safe environment for everyone to thrive.

[–] [email protected] 14 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (12 children)

Minorities like trans people? A place where everyone can thrive?

It's fucking chess. I understand men may have more typical interest, but there shouldn't be divisions based on sex or gender. Maybe divisions for some neurodivergent people, but I'd bet on many of the great chess players being neurodivergent in some way.

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[–] [email protected] 12 points 1 year ago (7 children)

TIL: Chess had separate things for genders.

Weird...

[–] [email protected] 12 points 1 year ago (3 children)

The sexist assholes were driving away women, so the separate league was to allow women to compete without (or with less) hostility.

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[–] [email protected] 8 points 1 year ago (2 children)

Reading between the lines, I can kind of see this one. The point appears to be to correct for societal inequities in the space of chess. If you learned chess and came up as a masculine presenting individual, they believe that the environment was more advantageous to you, so transitioning later in life doesn't change that advantage.

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