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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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[–] jet@hackertalks.com 220 points 1 year ago (15 children)

Silly question, why does chess, a mental activity, need gendered leagues?

[–] jsveiga@sh.itjust.works 122 points 1 year ago

Chess at pro level is brutal. One can get mentally mauled if the adversary has a superior, trained for cruel psychological warfare, mind.

Men just don't stand a chance.

[–] _wintermute@lemmy.world 55 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (3 children)

Because the whole idea of gendered leagues in games that ultimately don't matter at all is about segregation and control, not physiology.

Bring on the down votes from the "but muh sports 'tegridy!" clowns.

Edit: some of yall need a class on statistics lol

[–] flossdaily@lemmy.world 45 points 1 year ago (2 children)

In girl chess the pieces are pink.

[–] maino82@lemmy.ca 24 points 1 year ago (1 children)

All of the pieces. On both sides of the board. Mentally it's much more taxing keeping track of which pieces are yours. We guys have it really easy with the whole black/white pieces.

[–] Marsupial@quokk.au 3 points 1 year ago

Actually women are just better at seeing colour and for them what looks like the same pink to us is actually 17 different shades.

[–] crowsby@lemmy.ml 9 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

And on average, they only start out with 80% of the pieces of the men's set.

[–] aberrate_junior_beatnik@midwest.social 37 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (2 children)

shaun did an excellent video on exactly this. TL;DW: stereotype threat & harassment.

[–] Kecessa@sh.itjust.works 3 points 1 year ago

As is tradition

Fucking hell some of us can be idiots...

[–] deegeese@sopuli.xyz 34 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Have you met chess bros?

I can see why women would want their own league.

[–] jmcs@discuss.tchncs.de 4 points 1 year ago (1 children)

The average chess bro is not a trans woman.

[–] deegeese@sopuli.xyz 9 points 1 year ago

The average trans woman chess player was assigned chess bro at birth.

[–] Deestan@lemmy.world 16 points 1 year ago

It doesn't in principle, and it's not really either.

There is the main league, which is open for everyone, and an extra league for women only to offset the male dominance of the main league.

Why they feel the need to exclude trans women from that I have no idea. Even many of the physical sports allow trans women under certain conditions and only to prevent any unfair advantage due to increased muscle growth during puberty.

[–] who8mydamnoreos@lemmy.world 6 points 1 year ago

So women can play chess without the added mental burdens that come along with being a women in a male dominated space.

[–] silentdon@lemmy.world 5 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

Women have more places to hide the sex toys.

Edit: it's a bad joke referencing the recent cheating scandal

[–] cyborganism@lemmy.ca 3 points 1 year ago

That's exactly what I was thinking.

Yeah I don't get it either

[–] ex_redditor@lemmy.world 1 points 1 year ago

It’s not gendered. If there is a female super GM she will be invited to the most prestigious tournaments. But there isn’t any… and that’s a whole other debate

[–] whataboutshutup@discuss.online -3 points 1 year ago

Women gated off their league because every their move is commented on as a female one. They can't fail for it's deepens the stereotype of women=stupid and they can't win for it's just man wasn't paying attention or played easy for her. The lack of women chess clubs and championships, the stereotype of it being not a sport for women is why there aren't many high ELO players in this isolated and weird situation.

One of the last strongholds of a fragile male nerd supremacy, that's all.

[–] Kraivo@lemmy.world -4 points 1 year ago

I'd say, trans is way more experienced at use of anal buds