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.

    • ShakeThatYam@lemmy.world
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      1 year ago

      Anyone know what the highest rated trans male and trans female chess players are? Would be interesting to know if this rule is even currently necessary.

      • neuromancer@lemmy.world
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        1 year ago

        You basically have chess and women’s chess. Anyone can play chess, both men and women, but only women can play women’s chess.

        The removed the titles from transgender players who won titles in women’s chess.

      • Catoblepas@lemmy.blahaj.zone
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        1 year ago

        I can’t find any trans men ranked, but the highest rating I can find for a trans woman is Natalia Pares Vives with a ranking of 2213, or about 325th on the chess.com women’s rankings.