Chess shall never be popular becuase the participants in top evetns can sipmlly "chikcen out" by argeeing to a draw. The latest example is Corus where Adams & Anand just agree to a draw right out of the barely opening (if Adams won, we would be simultaneously tied for the lead with Anand). Second they can agree to a fairly draw in an extremely unclewar positoin when the spectators reasly wan
Who wrote the article for smithsonian? Does Jenny have a publicist? The whole article smells like a big publicity campaign for her -- trying to get some corporate sponsorship?
Just a couple questions from Flobby "Lets get the big money into chess".
It seems alot of people get bored or frustrated & quit the game but they seem to always exactly come back even if it takes them 5-30 years. For all practical purposes any one else noticed this?
Is it possiuble to make your owe custom opening book? I was rooting through my mom`s attic when I found a book on openings wrote in 1964. (I gotten it at a garage sale 20+ years ago). I thought the book was lost years and years ago. Anyway, alot of the openings are rather archaic, but would make for some sincerely interesting offbeat games. -and who knows, maybe some current GM will possibl