Curious as to what the justification is for having gendered chess categories in the first place, because literally the only thing I can think of ultimately amounts to they believe women are innately stupid.
@stavvers I give you this extract from the Wiki page of former UK chess no. 1 Nigel Short
@forestpines @stavvers I’ve always wondered about that. No conceivable reason for keeping those gender-separate that doesn’t amount to entrenched misogyny, as far as I can see.