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CCC Discusses Chess - Posts of Interest -What Is The Future Of Chess?
Posted on the Cooperative Chess Coalition ( CCC ) Facebook chess discussion site, " CCC - Chess Posts of Interest ", by CCC Member Abbey Alo, from Ghana:
CCC Discusses Chess - Posts of Interest -What Is The Future Of Chess?
Chess is facing an extraordinary crossroads in 2012 as the extended global economic crisis has forced many top tournaments to be cancelled due to lack of funding. We also seem to have reached a very peculiar situation at the pinnacle of the chess world as the current World Chess Champion Viswanathan Anand (FIDE 2780, #6 on rating list) is rated over 60 points below the highest rated player in the world Magnus Carlsen (FIDE 2842). Since Kasparov lost the World Championship to Kramnik in the year 2000, global interest in chess has been on the decline. Without a catalyst to promote the game to new levels, where will chess be in the next 5, 10, or 20 years? Shouldn´t the governing body (FIDE) take more responsibility to organize and market chess?So What Will The Future Of Chess Look Like?So how´s it going to go down? Will computers solve chess and destroy all human competition, erasing all interest in the game? Or will mankind step up and organize a progressive plan for promotion that pushes it to new limits of popularity?
What do you think will happen to chess?
And how do you think we can improve the future of chess?
What are the biggest obstacles to success and how can they be overcome?
Bob Armstrong, CCC Coordinator
Some of the assumptions behind the multiple questions posed within the first paragraph of the above quote seem at the least suspect, so I'll just focus on the second paragraph's questions (posed by Bob A. ?):
1. Chess will continue to be played as it is for at least 100 years. Its popularity will wax and wane, depending largely on international star players and their personalities, styles, personal appearance and results.
2. The future of chess can be improved if national federations worldwide promote chess education and their star players better than now.
3. The biggest obstacles to the successful promotion of chess worldwide at the moment would have to include FIDE's politicians and some of FIDE's actions and policies. Kasparov isn't helping at the moment either.
Last edited by Kevin Pacey; Wednesday, 17th October, 2012, 03:02 PM.
Reason: Spelling
It is true that there are resources available from which reports might be written on many things.
But TCN is rather seeing our offer to clubs as a way for THEM to get what's important to them out to the readership, and those visiting the TCN website. That is why we have set up a system for the club or organization to appoint THEIR TCN Liaison, who will write the " news article " and submit it to TCN for pubication, as is ( we do very little editing of the club/organization " news articles ").
Will do!! TCN will continue to expand its coverage if there is interest in us doing so. We consider ourselves a national publication, though with a GTA focus, much the same in chess as the Toronto Star hard copy in mainline journalism.
Bob, TCN Editor
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Canada needs a way to keep in touch with its current (and future) chess enthusiasts with a daily chess Canada wide news medium, be it a blog or a formal website.
Toronto Chess News ( TCN ) has written Gord Ritchie and Halldor Palsson about Ottawa RA CC taking out a " news section ", and that we would open an Eastern Ontario news heading, to match the GTCL and South-western Ontario regional headings. We have not heard back yet.
TCN definitely seeks to expand its coverage Ontario-wide, if clubs and tournament organizers in different regions wish to participate. We offer clubs the opportunity to take out a " news section ", but they must appoint a " TCN Liaison for that club ". This person is our contact person, and takes responsibility to send in " news articles " on the club for each Issue.
Though focussed on the GTA, because that is where we have the most information, we do cover all levels of chess from international to local. But it is dependent to a high degree on our sources providing the information to us.
Speak to someone in Ottawa RA and see if you can move the conversation along. Thx.
Bob, TCN Editor
The RA club in Ottawa has its own website, which is frequently updated by John Upper; here's a link:
Perhaps John (who is a chesstalk member) might be willing to help out TCN, if the RA club website doesn't provide enough timely info by itself for TCN's purposes. I'm sure he (possibly along with Mr. Ritchie and Mr. Palsson) will get around to reading this thread.
I'll think more about things I myself might do in the new year, should nothing special happen by 21 December. :)
Will do!! TCN will continue to expand its coverage if there is interest in us doing so. We consider ourselves a national publication, though with a GTA focus, much the same in chess as the Toronto Star hard copy in mainline journalism.
Toronto Chess News ( TCN ) has written Gord Ritchie and Halldor Palsson about Ottawa RA CC taking out a " news section ", and that we would open an Eastern Ontario news heading, to match the GTCL and South-western Ontario regional headings. We have not heard back yet.
TCN definitely seeks to expand its coverage Ontario-wide, if clubs and tournament organizers in different regions wish to participate. We offer clubs the opportunity to take out a " news section ", but they must appoint a " TCN Liaison for that club ". This person is our contact person, and takes responsibility to send in " news articles " on the club for each Issue.
Though focussed on the GTA, because that is where we have the most information, we do cover all levels of chess from international to local. But it is dependent to a high degree on our sources providing the information to us.
Speak to someone in Ottawa RA and see if you can move the conversation along. Thx.
Does Toronto Chess News allow news/games submissions from other parts of the province than the GTA (e.g. Ottawa)?
Since this thread is entitled what is the FUTURE of chess, one can only assume he means that he will expand the Toronto Chess News to include Ottawa, and that it currently doesn't.
CCC Discusses Chess - Posts of Interest -What Is The Future Of Chess?
Posted on the Cooperative Chess Coalition ( CCC ) Facebook chess discussion site, " CCC - Chess Posts of Interest ", by CCC Member Abbey Alo, from Ghana:
CCC Discusses Chess - Posts of Interest -What Is The Future Of Chess?
Chess is facing an extraordinary crossroads in 2012 as the extended global economic crisis has forced many top tournaments to be cancelled due to lack of funding. We also seem to have reached a very peculiar situation at the pinnacle of the chess world as the current World Chess Champion Viswanathan Anand (FIDE 2780, #6 on rating list) is rated over 60 points below the highest rated player in the world Magnus Carlsen (FIDE 2842). Since Kasparov lost the World Championship to Kramnik in the year 2000, global interest in chess has been on the decline. Without a catalyst to promote the game to new levels, where will chess be in the next 5, 10, or 20 years? Shouldn´t the governing body (FIDE) take more responsibility to organize and market chess?So What Will The Future Of Chess Look Like?So how´s it going to go down? Will computers solve chess and destroy all human competition, erasing all interest in the game? Or will mankind step up and organize a progressive plan for promotion that pushes it to new limits of popularity?
What do you think will happen to chess?
And how do you think we can improve the future of chess?
What are the biggest obstacles to success and how can they be overcome?
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