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Trans teen’s chess win in Germany prompts backlash (www.advocate.com)

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

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[-] [email protected] 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

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[-] [email protected] 3 points 1 month ago

Awesome, thanks for the correction!

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