Re: Chess on ice
Sorry you are dead wrong and your analysis is ridiculous. Your post however would just be another reminder how out of touch many chess players tend to be in Canada. So you get that tiny world that is current day Canadian chess and wonder why there is no money and meager participation. Look at your attitude and its obvious.
Just my club alone has almost as many paid members as the entire CFC has. Annual fees are $400+ and the CFC gets what from chess players ? You've got curling on TV with huge ratings but I guarantee you besides a few individuals like myself nobody from the curling world is watching chess events. I'd be one of the only people who have experienced both.
Neither activity do you necessarily have to be overly intelligent to be decent. Chess players tend to overestimate the intellectual aspect of their game. Curling has its athletic types ( of all backgrounds ) but it also has a current Canadian women's skip that is a lawyer and a Swedish Olympic women's skip that is a medical doctor.
My opinion, if more chess players played curling you'd have a lot of replies to your post. But then again, there aren't many chess players at all are there ? And maybe you should be looking at why.
Sorry you are dead wrong and your analysis is ridiculous. Your post however would just be another reminder how out of touch many chess players tend to be in Canada. So you get that tiny world that is current day Canadian chess and wonder why there is no money and meager participation. Look at your attitude and its obvious.
Just my club alone has almost as many paid members as the entire CFC has. Annual fees are $400+ and the CFC gets what from chess players ? You've got curling on TV with huge ratings but I guarantee you besides a few individuals like myself nobody from the curling world is watching chess events. I'd be one of the only people who have experienced both.
Neither activity do you necessarily have to be overly intelligent to be decent. Chess players tend to overestimate the intellectual aspect of their game. Curling has its athletic types ( of all backgrounds ) but it also has a current Canadian women's skip that is a lawyer and a Swedish Olympic women's skip that is a medical doctor.
My opinion, if more chess players played curling you'd have a lot of replies to your post. But then again, there aren't many chess players at all are there ? And maybe you should be looking at why.
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