World chess federation bars transgender women from competing in women's events

Re:World chess federation bars transgender women from compet... by kelthan on Friday August 18, 2023 @12:21PM (#37177910)

I completely agree with you. As noted by others, this is not a question of managing gender equality in competition: chess has no inherent gender advantage. Though there are significant structural biases for men in competition which is why the ratio of women to men in competition is so low.

This is entirely about political, religious, and social pressure attempting to limit social change that they strongly disagree with.

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Re:World chess federation bars transgender women from compet... by inemesitaffia on Thursday August 24, 2023 @02:38PM (#37252874)

The women's chess division was created by men though. Probably more conservative men than run the organization today.

In a way it's like affirmative action. And like I've said elsewhere, when there's talk of inclusion, someone must be excluded.

Chess is open to all. Women's chess drives inclusion by exclusion.

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