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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

Chess grandmaster Magnus Carlsen won’t defend his title at the International Chess Federation (FIDE) World Rapid and Blitz Chess Championships because of a pair of jeans. Carlsen, the current World No ...

Across the globe, dress codes have long been framed as a means of safeguarding tradition, standardising competition, or ...