International chess organization bans trans women from competing as women

Do they think trans women have an innate advantage… in chess?

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Republicans have long argued that trans women should be banned from women’s sports due to an alleged physical advantage over cisgender women. But no amount of testosterone could presumably affect the outcomes of the latest sport to have banned trans women from competing: chess.

The International Chess Federation (FIDE) has released a new policy on trans players, which declares that trans women have “no right to participate in official FIDE events for women until further FIDE’s decision is made.” The organization has given itself up to two years for “further analysis” on the matter. Until then trans women will be relegated to play in an open category.

The policy makes clear it is specifically trans women who cannot compete as women, but it does not say the same for..

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