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International Chess Federation (FIDE) to ban and punish transgender players (www.erininthemorning.com)

submitted 10 months ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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With these new rules, FIDE has managed to

Imply the mental inferiority of women
Validate the existence of transgender men
Destroy the integrity of awards record-keeping
Call transgender women men

Very nice, FIDE, incredible mental gymnastics performance! 👏 Add them to the ever lengthening sports federation shitlist.

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[–] [email protected] 29 points 10 months ago (5 children)

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

[–] [email protected] 36 points 10 months 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.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 10 months ago

Damm double-jumping trannies coming to take my fish.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 10 months ago

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.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 10 months ago

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

[–] [email protected] 4 points 10 months ago (1 children)

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

[–] [email protected] 2 points 10 months ago

Stroking your beard also gives a +2 intelligence boost

[–] [email protected] -3 points 10 months ago (1 children)

Chess has long had different leagues for men and women

[–] [email protected] 2 points 10 months ago (1 children)

Yeah, but that doesn't make it right.

[–] [email protected] 0 points 10 months 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.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 10 months ago

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