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With these new rules, FIDE has managed to

  1. Imply the mental inferiority of women
  2. Validate the existence of transgender men
  3. Destroy the integrity of awards record-keeping
  4. Call transgender women men

Very nice, FIDE, incredible mental gymnastics performance! ๐Ÿ‘ Add them to the ever lengthening sports federation shitlist.

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[-] electrogamerman@lemmy.world 1 points 1 year ago

The solution is easy, just open more categories ciswomen, transwomen and anyone who identifies with the female gender. Same for men. Done.

[-] Feathercrown@lemmy.world 1 points 1 year ago

Not enough people to make a meaningful category tho

[-] electrogamerman@lemmy.world 2 points 1 year ago

Point is more categories are required now. Leave cis women as category then make other categories like open for all, trans people, people that identifies with the female gender, etc. Sure some categories might not have many competitors, but this way eveyone can play in the categories they feel comfortable.

[-] Feathercrown@lemmy.world 1 points 1 year ago

The problem is that the way sports is funded is through competition and you can't have competition without competitors. Small categories are inefficient and will be removed as a business decision. Also it's kind of meaningless to say "I'm the best in X category" when there are 3 people in that category.

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