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.

  • SpiderShoeCultEnglish
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    1 year ago

    Heh, TIL chess is cardio.

    But as a person whos heart rate also increases while playing competitive board games, I can say the heart rate increase is usually due to adrenalin because I was blindsighted and I am in danger of not getting my ‘easy win’ or a toddler like rage at my predictions going wrong. YMMV.

    Remember the chess player accused of cheating via anal dildo?

    Also remember Petrosian? He spawned a whole bot over on AnarchyChess.

    Pretty sure those two’s heart rates had nothing to do with increased bloodflow to the brain to make calculated decisions.

    Having my ass handed to me in chess (amateur level) by women a couple of times makes me think that maybe the segregation is to protect men, rather than women. Or I might just be a bad chess player.

    Why, if Petrosian had gone berserk on women instead of men, he probably would have had a huge reputation hit. With a bot quoting him for all internet eternity or some stuff like that. Oh, wait.