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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! ๐Ÿ‘ Add them to the ever lengthening sports federation shitlist.

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[โ€“] ArugulaZ@kbin.social 90 points 1 year ago (1 children)

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

CHESS?!

[โ€“] DestroyMegacorps@lemmy.ml 29 points 1 year ago (5 children)

When did sexuality mattered in a game of chess? Like do trans people get a buff at thinking or something?

[โ€“] janWilejan@kbin.social 36 points 1 year ago (2 children)

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.

[โ€“] SwagaliciousSR@lemm.ee 3 points 1 year ago

Damm double-jumping trannies coming to take my fish.

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.

[โ€“] Noodle07@lemmy.world 5 points 1 year ago

The king also is a queen so that's not fair

[โ€“] chaosppe@lemmy.world 4 points 1 year ago (1 children)

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

[โ€“] Trainguyrom@reddthat.com 2 points 1 year ago

Stroking your beard also gives a +2 intelligence boost

[โ€“] freagle@lemmygrad.ml -3 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Chess has long had different leagues for men and women

[โ€“] HobbitFoot@thelemmy.club 2 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Yeah, but that doesn't make it right.

[โ€“] freagle@lemmygrad.ml -1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

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

[โ€“] HobbitFoot@thelemmy.club 1 points 1 year ago

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