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International chess federation FIDE: a trans woman "has no right to participate in official FIDE events for women" (doc.fide.com)
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The international chess federation known as FIDE has published new rules that state that a person whose "gender was changed from a male to a female the player has no right to participate in official FIDE events for women until further FIDE’s decision is made".

The new rules introduce the following changes:

  • Trans women cannot participate in the women's category unless they are explicitly allowed in a case-by-case process that can take up to two years.
  • Trans men will be stripped of their titles achieved before their transition while trans women will retain their titles achieved before their transition.
  • In case a trans person is allowed to participate, their trans condition will be added to their files and communicated to events organizers.
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[–] bermuda@beehaw.org 5 points 1 year ago

I'm not really trying to comment on the trans part of the post even though that's the main thing. I just wanted to provide clarity on why the gender "separation" exists within FIDE rules. A lot of people seem to automatically think that FIDE is assuming there's a clear gender advantage when it's really just making space for women to play without judgment.