Quote Originally Posted by Coppercloud View Post
Wow, that's awful. Hopefully this decision will be abrogated before it comes into effect but anyway it sucks. Though it raises the question of why chess was gender-split in the first place? Genuine question by the way, if anyone here is knowledgeable about chess history.
Yeah, I dunno. It surprises me, too.

Quote Originally Posted by 137beth View Post
The German Chess Federation, the French Chess Federation, the US Chess Federation, and the English Chess Federation all announced they will be ignoring the FIDE's new guidelines.
Glad to hear!