The new policies from FIDE, the sport’s governing body, will also strip titles won in women’s categories from players who have transitioned to male.
Most chess competitions are open to anyone. Both men and women can compete in the World Chess Championship and while there is a Women’s World Chess Championship, there is no male equivalent. The logic, according to an article in
, is that a “smaller base of females means fewer women than men at the top of the chess rating list,” and that separate championships create financial and publicity opportunities for female players.FIDE’s new policy may only affect a small number of transgender players, but, like bans on transgender girls participating in school sports, could
have a wider impact, Pringle said. Such policies are “telling trans people ‘You’re abnormal. You’re not wanted,’” he said.
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