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.

    • superkret@feddit.deEnglish
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      1 year ago

      No. First of all Chess has nothing to do with being smart in any sense I would use the word.
      Otherwise a Raspberry Pi would outsmart all of humanity.

      Secondly, it’s much more similar to why the Faroe Islands can’t compete in soccer with France.
      Nothing suggests they have less natural talent for soccer (and it’s quite popular there), but there’s just 1/1000 the number of players to draw from.

    • DrRatso@lemmy.mlEnglish
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      1 year ago

      There is an open bracket (where anyone can play) and a womens bracket, currently women do not perform well enough to play internationally in the open bracket. What they are stating are merely facts. And really were it not for the existence of the womens bracket it is possible that women would perform even worse.