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.

If it really is, as some people claim, to encourage women to play in a toxic environment, that reflects *even worse* on chess, when they could actually... just ban misogynists from competing.

If chess is a brain game, misogyny surely counts as a red card foul.

@stavvers They really shot themselves in the face on this.