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Trans teen’s chess win in Germany prompts backlash (www.advocate.com)

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Chess "is diverse and inclusive," the German Chess Federation said in rejecting calls for a ban on trans competitors.

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[–] oftheair@lemmy.blahaj.zone -2 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago) (2 children)

Maybe not officially, we aren't sure (we will look this up). But there are some men who refuse to play with women.

[–] AlataOrange@lemmy.blahaj.zone 16 points 2 months ago (1 children)

If you are paired against an opponent and choose not to play against them then you get an uncontested match loss and will tank your ELO pretty quickly. This is also anecdotal but I've never met a player who would refuse an opponent of roughly equal ELO

[–] oftheair@lemmy.blahaj.zone 3 points 2 months ago

Awesome, thanks for the correction!

[–] rayquetzalcoatl@lemmy.world 10 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago) (1 children)

That specific scenario wouldn't make the tournament a "men's only" tournament, it'd just mean that a bunch of sensitive weirdos are throwing a strop because a woman is in the vicinity lol

That's so mad though, are there really men who refuse to play chess with women???

[–] oftheair@lemmy.blahaj.zone 3 points 2 months ago

Hmm, we could have sworn we saw something a while ago but we aren't finding anything now. Oh well shrugs.