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.

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.

  • Draconic NEO@lemmy.worldEnglish
    487·
    11 months ago

    This is such a stupid argument, while you might be able to make the argument about sexual dimorphism in physical sports there’s literally no good reason why a woman shouldn’t be allowed to play chess against a man, or play chess against another woman if they are trans.

    Chess is a game based on intelligence and strategy, it’s not based on strength. It seems that this decision was made primarily on the basis of sexism, either because they think that chess is ““manly”” or because they think that men are smarter than women or that women are stupid. Either way not logical, purely sexist.

    • Shanedino@lemmy.worldEnglish
      179·
      11 months ago

      Women have been allowed in the open division and Trans females will also continued to be allowed in that division just not in the women’s division.

      • Pogbom@lemmy.worldEnglish
        23·
        11 months ago

        They said that while you might be able to make it for sports, you certainly can’t make it for chess. That doesn’t mean they personally think there’s a case for sports too.

        • Draconic NEO@lemmy.worldEnglish
          101·
          11 months ago

          Exactly, I’m saying that in chess there is no advantage or disadvantage between sex (or gender for that matter) because it is not a physical game.

      • Draconic NEO@lemmy.worldEnglish
        9·
        11 months ago

        No I was saying that for chess you can’t since there’s no unfairness or difference in advantage to playing chess as a man or as a woman.