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.

  • Squids
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    1 year ago

    Because different genders taste cheese differently obviously duh. Don’t want to give them NBs an unfair advantage in the Roquefort round

    (Serious answer - I think it’s to try and combat entrenched sexism in the sport? There aren’t many women in chess and by making a space explicitly for them you hopefully create a safe space that can encourage more women to take up the pursuit. As it’s a social perspective thing, AGAB therefore really shouldn’t matter because the point is to go “look women!” Not “women are inherently better/worse and so we should segregate on gender”)

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      1 year ago

      Because different genders taste cheese differently obviously duh.

      I’ve heard it is possible to fascinate a woman by giving her a piece of cheese.

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        1 year ago

        It’s true. Cheese is extremely fascinating. Please give me cheese.