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.

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.

  • UlrikHD@programming.devEnglish
    927·
    1 year ago

    Chess got an open class and a female class. The latter is there to provide a safer environment for girls and hopefully encourage more to try out the sport.

      • Kecessa@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
        659·
        1 year ago

        Because as we’ve proven times and times again when in presence of women, we’re a bunch of morons that can’t treat them with the respect they deserve.

      • UlrikHD@programming.devEnglish
        546·
        1 year ago

        Men can be nasty and intimidating towards women as history have shown a million times. Add in the fact you have a lot of “old fashioned” men in the sport that may not be up to date on how you should behave in the third millennium. If you want to grow the sport, you need to facilitate a safe and welcoming environment for everyone. Tournaments exclusive to girls is one way build towards that.

        • cadekat@pawb.socialEnglish
          176·
          1 year ago

          Set a code of conduct and ban people who misbehave. Might lose some top players, but it’d be better for everyone else.

          • TheActualDevil@sffa.communityEnglish
            281·
            1 year ago

            I mean, the real answer is that chess is full of toxic people who’ve made it to the top to run the organization. The fact that this behavior wasn’t curtailed already shows that. Its just an accepted part of it. If the ones who would make the decision to ban those players don’t already see an issue they’re not going to start now to make the space better for women.

        • TitanLaGrange@lemmy.worldEnglish
          42·
          1 year ago

          If you want to grow the sport, you need to facilitate a safe and welcoming environment for everyone.

          Hm. In addition to a welcoming environment it might be fun to have a ‘cutthroat’ class with an opposite approach where intimidation, bullying, and over-the-top shit-talking is encouraged. They could have competitors come out in like pro-wrestling gear or something and have a stare-down at the beginning of the match.

        • Double_A@discuss.tchncs.deEnglish
          521·
          1 year ago

          Nerdy men playing a board game are intidimating? How do women even get anything in life done of they are this fragile? WTF? Do you also want separate women-only schools, and women-only companies?

      • superkret@feddit.deEnglish
        361·
        1 year ago

        Because without it very very few women will feel comfortable playing chess in a club.
        And that is not a political statement or my opinion, just my observation from every single chess club I ever saw.
        If I was a woman, I wouldn’t go there either.