![Pinterest](https://pinterest.com/pin/create/button/?url=https://uknews.evprotec.com/trans-women-banned-from-female-chess-games-as-labour-mp-slams-ridiculous-decision/&media=https://uknews.evprotec.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/08/0_Young-woman-playing-chess-Close-up.jpg&description=Angela Eagle, who was joint winner of the under 18s British girls chess championship in 1976, reacted angrily to news that trans women will be banned from playing top tournaments A Labour MP chess champion has blasted a "ridiculous and offensive" decision to ban transgender women from participating in top-level female chess competitions. Dame Angela Eagle reacted angrily to news that transgender women will be banned from playing in top tournaments until a review, which could take two years, is completed. Dame Angela, who was joint winner of the under 18s British girls chess championship in 1976, wrote on social media: "There is no physical advantage in chess unless you believe men are inherently more able to play than women - I spent my chess career being told women's brains were smaller than men's & we shouldn't even be playing. This ban is ridiculous & offensive to women." She added: "The best women have competed with the men historically eg the Polgar sisters. Are we now going to ban that too to 'protect' them?" The Switzerland-based International Chess Federation (FIDE) announced the move last week when it said a player who had transitioned from male to female 'has no right to participate in official FIDE events for women' until a review is carried out into whether they have an unfair advantage. Under the new regulations, set to come in next week, transgender players will only be able to play in open tournaments, not female-only events. There are no official competitions for male players, with the female ones created to encourage participation as only 15% of all licensed players in the world are women. Yosha Iglesias, 35, a trans woman from France who is recognised as female by FIDE, said the news was 'heartbreaking'. 'There's no biological advantage whatsoever,' she told The Times. 'It's not about biology, it's about sociology, psychology and it's about sexism, it's about aggression [from FIDE]. They say they are not against trans people, they are fighting to p){kind=link}
Angela Eagle, who was joint winner of the under 18s British girls chess championship in 1976, reacted angrily to news that trans women will be banned from playing top tournaments
A Labour MP chess champion has blasted a “ridiculous and offensive” decision to ban transgender women from participating in top-level female chess competitions. Dame Angela Eagle reacted angrily to news that transgender women will be banned from playing in top tournaments until a review, which could take two years, is completed.
Dame Angela, who was joint winner of the under 18s British girls chess championship in 1976, wrote on social media: “There is no physical advantage in chess unless you believe men are inherently more able to play than women – I spent my chess career being told women’s brains were smaller than men’s & we shouldn’t even be playing. This ban is ridiculous & offensive to women.” She added: “The best women have competed with the men historically eg the Polgar sisters. Are we now going to ban that too to âprotect’ them?”
The Switzerland-based International Chess Federation (FIDE) announced the move last week when it said a player who had transitioned from male to female “has no right to participate in official FIDE events for women” until a review is carried out into whether they have an unfair advantage.
Under the new regulations, set to come in next week, transgender players will only be able to play in open tournaments, not female-only events. There are no official competitions for male players, with the female ones created to encourage participation as only 15% of all licensed players in the world are women.