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The International Chess Federation (FIDE) says it is temporarily banning transgender women from competing in its women's events.

The FIDE said individual cases would require "further analysis" and that a decision could take up to two years.

The move has been criticised by some players and enthusiasts.

Many sports governing bodies have been working on policies towards transgender athletes, but chess does not involve comparable levels of physical activity.

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[-] Diprount_Tomato@lemmy.world 28 points 1 year ago

Isn't this just assuming "women aren't smart enough to compete with a biologically male brain"?

When we're talking about physical sports I understand why there's debate, but why TF are they doing it in fucking mental sports?

[-] Uranium3006@kbin.social 19 points 1 year ago

Because it was all bad faith transphobia all along

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