With these new rules, FIDE has managed to

  1. Imply the mental inferiority of women
  2. Validate the existence of transgender men
  3. Destroy the integrity of awards record-keeping
  4. Call transgender women men

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

  • ArugulaZ
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    9111 months ago

    It’s fucking chess, a game of the mind. What possible relevance could being transgender have to a game of chess?

    CHESS?!

      • janWilejan
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        3611 months ago

        The men can only move 1 square in any direction, while women can move anywhere on their row/column/diagonal. Clearly this biological difference is why they have separate men’s and women’s chess tournaments. Also, I hear trans people can double jump.

        • @wisplike_sustainer@suppo.fi
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          111 months ago

          women can move anywhere on their row/column/diagonal

          Not all of them. Pawns are women, too, because they can be promoted to queens but not to kings. They can also be promoted to bishops, which means that women are accepted into clergy by chess’ church.

      • Chaos
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        411 months ago

        Men automatically get a +10 masculity buff. It’s widely considered an overpowred stat in chess.

          • @freagle@lemmygrad.ml
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            -111 months ago

            Never said it did. I’m answering your question. When did sexuality matter in game like chess? A very long time, because misogyny.

            • HobbitFoot
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              111 months ago

              I agree you never said it did. You just stated what has been happening.