The world’s top chess federation has ruled that transgender women cannot compete in its official events for females until an assessment of gender change is made by its officials.

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[–] 5 points 3 years ago

There is usually an open section (what I guess you think is the men's division), that is dominated by the top players who are almost if not all men. Why the top players are all men is not an easy answer.

Here is a post discussing it some. https://www.chess.com/forum/view/general/why-are-there-only-few-female-chess-players-at-the-top-level

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