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Charles Daniel wrote on Fri, Aug 21, 2009 02:37 PM UTC:
I have always advocated playing chess variants, and with me creating so  much, of course I have some stake in this. 
But, this whole notion of past chess, chess been dead, next chess just seems utterly ridiculous.  It seems there is a far greater chance of some world wide catastrophe happening in my lifetime, like some obscure gamma ray burst from an unknown star,  or some rock from outer space string earth or nuclear war than chess dying. 

These are the numbers quoted around:
>>Today more than 285 million people play chess with other chess
players from all over the world, via the internet. It is estimated 605
million people worldwide know how to play chess. Of these 7.5 million
are registered players, covering 160 countries worldwide. Making chess
one of the most popular sports around the world.>> 

If you think these are exaggerated then explain why millions of people are registering for these chess sites?

Chess is popular despite tv, video games and interactive (m)ass media all of which should have struck a nail in its heart. 



It seems it would be far more constructive to speak about the merits of any proposed new game or system rather than harp on this supposed demise of chess and say, 'There chess  is dead, play our new untested game instead!'

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