Transgender chess gamers is not going to be permitted to compete in girls’s tournaments below non permanent new guidelines to be launched from Monday by the Worldwide Chess Federation (FIDE). “Within the case of a gender transition from male to feminine, the participant just isn’t entitled to participate in girls’s occasions till a brand new choice is taken by FIDE,” mentioned the Lausanne-based organisation in an announcement. This choice might be taken “inside two years”, in accordance with the identical supply. FIDE burdened, nevertheless, that there are “no restrictions on taking part in within the open part for an individual who has modified gender”.

The measures don’t apply to transgender males competing within the males’s classes, however they are going to be stripped of any girls’s titles they gained earlier than their transition, in accordance with the non permanent guidelines.

Based on FIDE, gender reassignment “has a major influence on a participant’s standing and future eligibility for tournaments”, with out offering any additional particulars concerning the causes for this.

The announcement drew criticism from transgender gamers.

“I do not suppose I am smarter than most cis girls, nor do I believe that my pre-transition years have given me an innate benefit at chess,” mentioned transgender journalist and chess participant Ana Valens in an article printed on The Mary Sue web site.

On the earth of sport, the Worldwide Biking Union (UCI), World Athletics and the Worldwide Swimming Federation have additionally taken steps to exclude transgender athletes from girls’s competitions.

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