brucec@tektronix.UUCP (Bruce Cheney) (03/05/86)
In article <102100007@haddock.UUCP> trb@haddock.UUCP writes: >Directing >tournaments, editing newsletters, being a chess federation official, >etc, are commendable activities and they have nothing to do with >chess, the game. > > Andrew Tannenbaum Interactive Boston, MA 617-247-1155 Well, Andrew, thanks for the reply. Your opinion is probably typical of most chess players, especially in regard to directing tournaments, editing newsletter, etc. This myopic and inaccurate assertion goes a long way towards explaining why chess is relatively unpopular in the US: most players lack the perspective to understand the relationship between the organization and promotion of an activity and the benefits that activity will receive. Therefore, few players take the time or effort to become TD's (or editors, etc.), because they don't understand what it has to do with "the game." (The true chess professional is the exception to this observation. He/she knows that it is not enough to just to play, they must organize, write, and promote if there is to be a future, not only for themselves but for chess.) Here's a question for you tournament players: Do you own the latest chess rulebook ? What ?? You play a game for money and you don't even know the rules ? Amazing ! And some people claim chess isn't gambling !! tekcrd!brucec
colonel@ellie.UUCP (03/08/86)
> In article <102100007@haddock.UUCP> trb@haddock.UUCP writes: > >Directing > >tournaments, editing newsletters, being a chess federation official, > >etc, are commendable activities and they have nothing to do with > >chess, the game. > > Well, Andrew, thanks for the reply. Your opinion is probably typical > of most chess players, especially in regard to directing tournaments, > editing newsletter, etc. ... Therefore, few players take the time or > effort to become TD's (or editors, etc.), because they don't understand > what it has to do with "the game." Most players don't realize that directing can be as much fun as playing. Those fifth-round Harkness-Morrison pairings can be harder than a Sam Loyd 3-mover! And where else do you get to write on the walls? "Grandmister Oinkovitch, what do you think of Mecking?" "I don't know--I've never mecked!" --Kloony -- Col. G. L. Sicherman UU: ...{rocksvax|decvax}!sunybcs!colonel CS: colonel@buffalo-cs BI: csdsicher@sunyabva