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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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[–] Skullgrid@lemmy.world 41 points 1 day ago

Internationally, the World Chess Federation imposed a temporary ban in 2023, preventing trans women from women’s tournaments pending further review — a rule Germany opposes, pointing out that a trans woman had already claimed a national women’s title in the early 2000s, Apollo News reports.

I think this just completely took effect and was not temporary.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Transgender_people_in_chess
https://www.bbc.com/sport/67127168

The whole thing is a shitshow, because if you are MTF , FIDE does not think you are a woman, thus can't have women's titles, but also, if you're FTM , you are ALSO not a woman, so you can't keep your women's titles (Womens' grandmaster, Womens' International Master,etc).