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.

  • TheActualDevil@sffa.communityEnglish
    15·
    1 year ago

    Hold up. I’m not super experienced in reading studies, but I can read.

    1. At best this is correlation. HRV increasing for these men doesn’t mean a high HRV is required to be good at chess.

    2. Sample size of 16… And only male.

    HRV was reduced in participants who achieved worse results. This could indicate the possibility of HRV predicting cognitive performance

    If reduced HRV means lower cognitive performance and women have, on average, lower HRV, you’re saying women are less smart. At least in chess. I think that’s bullshit and this study isn’t incorporating enough/the correct data to show anything you’re stating.

    But here is one: https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S0149763411002077 that links HRV with stress response

    And another: https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S0149763419310292 That shows women’s HRV responds less severely to stress.

    Both meta-analysis, not a single data point.

    So maybe men are just shit at dealing with stress and that’s why their brains go haywire during competition. But it’s so gracious of you being so kind to women and giving them a space where they can play among equals on a “MORE level playing field.”

    By your logic, they should just be testing people’s HRV and ranking them that way so they all are on even ground. Give those dummy men a MORE level playing field.

    • SpiderShoeCultEnglish
      52·
      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.