The world chess federation FIDE recently made the incredibly transphobic and mysogynist ruling to exclude trans women from competing in women's tournaments, to strip trans men of pre-transition titles and to subject trans people to a two-year long surveilance process that could lead to forced outings. The German and French chess federation have now decided to ignore this ruling. Source in German (mostly with the info from the image): https://www.queer.de/detail.php?article_id=46744

  • Teekeeus [comrade/them]
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    1 year ago

    i know it's been said before but why do separate women's tournaments for chess even exist

    • AcidSmiley [she/her]
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      1 year ago

      Mostly because chess has a massive problem with mysogynistic bullying and SA. Women's leagues were a way to counter that and cause less girls to stop playing competitively.

      • HumanBehaviorByBjork [any, undecided]
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        1 year ago

        And not too long ago there was an open letter denouncing the rampant abuse and assault that including trans women as signatories. There couldn't be a more blatant example of transmisogyny's function in destroying feminist solidarity and defending patriarchy.

      • Sasuke [comrade/them]
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        1 year ago

        idk if the research still holds up, but i believe there's some studies showing that women, due to stereotype threat caused by the sexist culture and gender imbalances in chess, will often underperform when matched with male players

      • SaniFlush [any, any]
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        1 year ago

        Wow that’s pathetic. The patriarchy has to ruin board games, too?

        • Awoo [she/her]
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          1 year ago

          Same way it happens with the freeze-gamer

          Chess players are just Gamers before digitisation.