The English Chess Federation (ECF) has said that it will not enforce restrictions on transgender people’s involvement in the game, in defiance of new rules introduced by chess’s international ...

The international governing body of competitive chess is effectively banning transgender women from competing and stripping trans men of previously won women’s titles. In its guidelines for ...

GENEVA (AP) — The world’s top chess federation has ruled that transgender women cannot compete in its official events for women until its officials make an assessment of gender change. The ...

Ana Valens, a trans writer for The Mary Sue, also challenged the news in an op-ed titled “Oh Great, Now I Can’t Play Chess Because I’m Trans.” “This raises many questions,” Valens wrote.

Pringle is right. The people who run chess obviously think “biological men” are smarter than women, and therefore a trans woman will have an advantage in the brains department.

The International Chess Federation, or FIDE, has updated its policy on transgender players, effectively banning trans competitors from participating in official women’s tournaments. The world ...

The world governing body of competitive chess, International Chess Federation, FIDE, is effectively banning transgender women from competing.