Kolanaki comments on International Chess Federation (FIDE) to ban and punish transgender players

International Chess Federation (FIDE) to ban and punish transgender players (www.erininthemorning.com)

submitted 3 years ago by iridaniotter@lemmygrad.ml to c/worldnews@lemmy.ml

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With these new rules, FIDE has managed to

Imply the mental inferiority of women
Validate the existence of transgender men
Destroy the integrity of awards record-keeping
Call transgender women men

Very nice, FIDE, incredible mental gymnastics performance! 👏 Add them to the ever lengthening sports federation shitlist.

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[–] Kolanaki@yiffit.net 6 points 3 years ago (2 children)

Maybe if they played together instead of separately things would change, considering how it is played and what the logic employed entails. You might not know how to deal with en passant if you've never seen it used.

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[–] Harrison@ttrpg.network 7 points 2 years ago

The measured pool is chess players, not random people they picked off the street.

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[–] zik@lemmy.world 2 points 2 years ago

The standard chess competition is "open" so they do play together.

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