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submitted 1 month ago by squirrel to c/lgbtq_plus

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

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[-] PoopingCough@lemmy.world 10 points 1 month ago

I mean, easy fix there right? Just have a women's tournament and an everybody tournament. Women can then choose which to enter.

[-] AlataOrange 41 points 1 month ago
[-] oftheair 6 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

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 28 points 1 month ago

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

[-] oftheair 10 points 1 month ago

Okay, seems you were correct. Thanks for the correction, genuinely!

[-] oftheair 4 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

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

[-] AlataOrange 16 points 1 month ago

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 3 points 1 month ago

Awesome, thanks for the correction!

[-] rayquetzalcoatl@lemmy.world 10 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

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 4 points 1 month ago

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

[-] PoopingCough@lemmy.world 5 points 1 month ago

Oh gotcha. Sorry I'm not the most familiar with the chess world.

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