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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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[–] lunaticneko@lemmy.ml 2 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

Come to think about it, maybe it's probably similar to how weight classes work in martial arts, except that the point of this is to guarantee that women can progress somewhat within their careers.

Of course I do not agree that we need to elevate or celebrate them to the level of grandmasters.

In a specific case of transgenders, I understand that transgender women are excluded until an official statement of medical or psychological evaluation has been made, to prevent cases where men illicitly transition just to play in these, and pardon my sexism, weaker leagues.

[–] Stinkywinks@lemmy.world 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

How can it be like weight classes? What are you measuring? In a tournament people play, the winners move forward. Doesn't matter what's in the pants. If ya lose, you're welcome to keep playing with whoever else you want. Is the woman's chess league saying men have an advantage in chess? Chess is about memorizing a bunch of different outcomes. I dunno, don't have much interest in it myself, but if I was a woman and wanted to be the best in the world, I'd want to play against the best. There's plenty of dudes that get their ass kicked in the men's league. Should they make a separate league so they can win it? Are men just better at everything? Even board games? Or do men just care more? I've seen the graph that says men are more likely to have geniuses, but also more likely to be retards. Is that where it comes from? Does everyone have to be good enough to be a grandmaster to play? Cause I'd have to guess there's a handful of superstars and the rest just play. But I don't follow it.

[–] lunaticneko@lemmy.ml 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Again, you are missing the point. It's that the point of a protected space for women is to promote women's participation in chess, not to overly tout their position over others.

And no, this does not have to do with the intelligence curve. It's entirely about careers and participation.

[–] Stinkywinks@lemmy.world 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Ah exclusion guised as "protected spaces"

[–] lunaticneko@lemmy.ml 0 points 1 year ago (1 children)
[–] Stinkywinks@lemmy.world 1 points 1 year ago

Uhm no. Exclusion is clearly defined.