On Apr 18, 9:33 pm, Quadibloc wrote:
He seems to be saying that if Chess in Canada were in the position of,
say, Nine Men's Morris in Canada, or Parcheesi in Canada, or Chinese
Checkers in Canada, Chess would still be fine.

And how many of these games have recognized champions at them?

Checkers and Reversi have their associations, but many who play those
games are hardly aware of their existence. There is, I'm sure, some
sort of Go association in Canada too, although I wouldn't know what it
is or where to find it. There probably is one for Chinese Chess, but
I'm doubtful about Shogi.

I believe XiangQi is part of the WXF in North America. As far as
Checkers go (I am actually working with the American Checker
Federation now), they will be looking to do more marketing and
promoting now. As far as Reversi goes, Becker Associates (they own
the game) makes sure there is a viable and functioning association
over it. Considering Othello has sold over 30 million copies, that
says something.

As for FIDE, I thought that since it was carted off to one of the
former Soviet Republics, the USCF and other national chess bodies had
made arrangements to leave it and, say, join the PGA or something. I'm
surprised that this isn't the case.

You mean they are looking to start one of their own governing
organizations to replace FIDE? I heard that there was something with
issues regarding some recognized world champ in chess. Maybe this has
something to do with it. Anyhow, I will still stand by that just
about any game with professionals in it, will end up having an
association related. This even goes with boxing, which probably has
too many such organizations.

- Rich