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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 -1 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago) (7 children)

No because there are men only tournaments too, what the poster is saying is to remove men only and only have women or everybody we think.

[–] AlataOrange@lemmy.blahaj.zone 28 points 1 week ago (6 children)

What chess tournament is men's only, I haven't heard of a single one?

[–] oftheair@lemmy.blahaj.zone -2 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago) (4 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 1 week 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 1 week ago

Awesome, thanks for the correction!

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