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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      1 year 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.

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        1 year 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.

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      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.