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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 ...

A decision to effectively ban transgender women from competitive chess tournaments until further notice by the chess world's governing body has sparked a backlash on social media. The International ...

A recent decision by the International Chess Federation to ban transgender women from competing in women-only chess tournaments has sparked criticism from many, as well as raising questions about why ...

FIDE and Norway Chess announced that a World Combined Champion will be chosen from separate events in Fast Classic, Rapid and ...

Rugby, swimming, track and field — transgender women have been banned from international women's events in a growing number of sports. The latest to make that list is chess. The International Chess ...

The International Chess Federation – also known as FIDE – says players who have transitioned from male to female have “no right to participate” in women’s events until the federation conducts “further ...

SOCHI, April 24. /TASS/. North Korea may be included in the International Chess Federation (FIDE) as a full-fledged member in May, while its leader Kim Jong-un will be offered to take the helm of the ...