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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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[-] Silverseren@kbin.social 75 points 1 year ago

And they also made it so trans men have to give up any women's titles they've earned. So, they simultaneously think trans men are men, but trans women are not women.

If anything, based on the past comments of the head of the organization, they have a position that's generally "women are dumber than men and we want to make decisions that align with that ethos always".

[-] DragonTypeWyvern@literature.cafe 32 points 1 year ago

I've stopped being surprised by chess dorks after it came out that America's Champion, Bobby Fischer, our Hope Against The Commie Gameplaying Menace was literally a neo-Nazi and not subtle about it.

[-] steltek@lemm.ee 14 points 1 year ago

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bobby_Fischer

Holy crap that was a wild read. Jewish Mother but a Holocaust denier. Died in exile in Iceland while evading criminal deportation to the US. I had this vague memory that he was an asshole but I had no idea.

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