TheJenUnless you move your pieces around with your genitals, there is no goddamm good reason for CHESS COMPETITIONS to ban transgender players.
I MEAN COME THE FUCK ON.
WagesOf@JenWojcik there's no reason to have men's or women's leagues at all in chess.
Tom RitchfordThe women's chess titles were apparently created comparatively recently, in order to encourage more women to play chess.
The top female chess player of all time, Judit Polgár, would be the 52nd strongest active player today, I just found out.
There isn't a "men's" division, it seems to be called "open" and women can and do participate.
This is what I learned in 10 minutes with Google, very interesting - no editorializing meant here, I simply had no idea.
MenachemSchmuel@TomSwirly @WagesOf @JenWojcik while it's true that the women's division in chess doesn't exist for the same reasons as in athletics, it would then follow that excluding trans women is completely unjustifiable; there is no advantage that can be corrected by years of hormone therapy
@menachemschmuel @TomSwirly @JenWojcik I stand corrected, a women's league should exist because boys are mean and girls are icky.