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The English Chess Federation (ECF) has said that it will not enforce restrictions on transgender people’s involvement in the game, in defiance of new rules introduced by chess’s international governing body.

India’s 18-year-old grandmaster will take on Norway’s reigning world number one in the Chess World Cup final in Baku.

The world's top chess federation has ruled that transgender women cannot compete in its official events for women until its officials make an assessment of gender change.

The world’s top chess federation is banning trans women from competing until a review is made – and the defenses are sexist assumptions and shaky science

The International Chess Federation will stop allowing transgender women to participate in women's tournaments. The group said changing genders has a "significant impact" on a player's status.

A top global chess official is calling for more research into whether factors like hormone levels and physical endurance might have an impact on players’ abilities at the game, which remains overwhelmingly a preserve of men

"This is so insulting to cis women, to trans women, and to the game itself."

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

FIDE says players who transition ‘from male to female’ will not be allowed to play in women’s events