The UK's only all-women chess team has been told it must add a male player after earning promotion to the country's top division.She Plays to Win Lionesses A secured its place in the Four Nations Chess League's first division, where rules require every team to include at least one man and one woman. The regulation was introduced to encourage female participation in competitive chess, but it now means the Lionesses must replace one of their eight female players with a man. Team founder Lorin D'Costa said the rule undermines what made the squad unique, arguing their reward for promotion is being forced to change the identity they worked hard to build. #chess #game #news #gender