She's an international master of chess. She's also a trans woman.
Briefly

"For me, it's a life achievement. And it turned out that I had underestimated the impact on trans players and also trans non-players. I've received so many lovely messages. One of the most moving was from a trans player who told me she had quit chess to transition but that my story inspired her to return to competition," Iglesias told Erin in the Morning.
Pein said that over half a century's worth of research into the attributes that make skilled chess players have shown that "the biological differences don't account for very much."
Read at LGBTQ Nation
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