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Both the UK and US Chess governing bodies have rejected FIDE's transphobic bullshit. You know you're out there when even TERF Island and DeSantisland go, "steady on a bit, guys!"
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Richard Gadsden

@ajlanes @shinydan Just to add some extra explanation: chess can be played at four official speeds: classical (only over the board, about 4-8 hours per game), rapid (over the board or online, about an hour per game), blitz (mostly online, possible over the board, but quite a lot of DQs when pieces go flying, about ten minutes per game) and bullet (only possible online, two minutes per game).

FIDE have total control over classical, but that generates far less revenue than the others.

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Richard Gadsden

@ajlanes @shinydan FIDE classical ratings are so important (because they get you titles like GM) that no-one plays non-FIDE classical, but no-one cares about rapid/blitz ratings.

All online chess is faster than classical, so no-one cares about ratings, so no reason to register with FIDE, so online tournaments (which make a *lot* of money from sponsorship and streaming adverts) are entirely beyond FIDE's control.

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jonathan

@Wufflekins there aren't tournaments that are only open to men, afaik. Generally, tournaments are either open to everyone, or have specific qualifications (like rating, title, or winning a qualifying event).

There are, however, tournaments that are only open to women. Ostensibly, these exist to encourage participation, although many have suggested that it is actually to shield women from rampant misogyny in the chess scene that institutions are unwilling to handle properly.

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Mark Rigby

@triplenineteen
That's a weird one for me. I absolutely understand the need for a safe space for women, and, as a man, I have no experience of the issues women face but, to me, it feels like that should be a refereeing issue. If men and women (and whoever identifies as whichever) can't participate on an even footing, regardless of gender, that's a fundamental problem with the way the sport is being supervised, isn't it?
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