Trans women banned from world chess

[LinuxGal]

@Rev. Rye
I'm sure many would like that.  But chess is also bug in the US, and thatnwoukd be a step.too far.  But trans, well, they're an easy target at present.

[BrianSoddingBoru4]

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[Pat Mustard]

Trans women banned from world chess events while review takes place

https://www.theguardian.com/sport/2023/a...akes-place

I guess they think having a cock gives you an unfair advantage in chess.

Whatever happened to "I get my kicks above the waistline sunshine" ?

This makes even less sense than trans bans in other sports.

[FrustratedFool]

I'm hoping this move backfires on them, and exposes just how bigoted chess is.

[LinuxGal]

Trans women banned from world chess events while review takes place

https://www.theguardian.com/sport/2023/a...akes-place

I guess they think having a cock gives you an unfair advantage in chess.

Whatever happened to "I get my kicks above the waistline sunshine" ?

This makes even less sense than trans bans in other sports.

It's a double-whammy. First they're saying transwomen are really men, and that men have an innate intellectual advantage over women.

[Thumpalumpacus]

I'm hoping this move backfires on them, and exposes just how bigoted chess is.

They may as well have hired out a billboard to advertise that fact.

This editorial in The Guardian makes some great points as well.

https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...patriarchy

[GrandizerII]

There is another angle to this. Women apparently are too dumb to compete with men in a mental game like chess.

[Thumpalumpacus]

There is another angle to this. Women apparently are too dumb to compete with men in a mental game like chess.

This "thinking" has been prevalent in the chess world for at least seven decades.

[Ravenshire]

Trans women banned from world chess events while review takes place

https://www.theguardian.com/sport/2023/a...akes-place

I guess they think having a cock gives you an unfair advantage in chess.

Whatever happened to "I get my kicks above the waistline sunshine" ?

This makes even less sense than trans bans in other sports.

Chess is a sport now?

Of course this ban makes complete and total sense...



To bigots, assholes, and christers. Sorry for the redundancy.

[HappySkeptic]

Women's chess tournaments are an interesting phenomenon.

One can argue that women haven't historically been encouraged to play chess, and that explains the rather huge difference at the top level of chess. Only Judit Polgar could compete with the men at the top level. No other woman has done that.

If this is true, then a trans-woman may or may not have had the same encouragement and support to become a good chess player, depending on when they transitioned.

Honestly, I see little purpose for women's titles or women's tournaments, except as an encouragement for women to get into the sport. The ELO rating is non-gender (though it can be skewed if the pools of players don't play against each other enough), and there are no such things as men-only tournaments.