SHARE THE POPULARITY OF CHESS IN YOUR COUNTRY THROUGH THIS TOPIC

IN THE AGE GROUP--18 TO 60

LESS POPULAR IN INDIA

IT IS THE GAME O INDIA

AND EVERYONE KNOWS HOW TO PLAY

BUT A FEW PLAY THIS GAME IN THEIR DAILY LIFE

Very popular in Armenia. After two consecutive Olympiad golds it is even rising in popularity. Playing chess with your guest at home over a cup of coffee (while the women are busy in the kitchen ) is as common as playing backgammon. The youth may be less enthusiastic about it, but the elderly definitely are avid chess players.

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It's believe chess is quite popular in the UK, but it's almost invisible in the media.  No TV coverage and just a handful of very brief weekly newspaper columns...

in America,it takes a pretty low popularity among the masses. but u will find in popular in any sections. Most people know how to play,but not many play it on regular basis.

in egypt many pepole play chess u can found many chess cafee at many placeses , most people know how to play and they are useing it if u would like too have fun come and see that :-)

very popular in my part of the world (south asia)

In Scotland's  small country it is  fairly rare

A few groups exist here and there

We number only about 5 million mind

Though 20 million grace mankind

Descendents from   historic time

Proud memories in many climes!

in my part of the USA (Appalachian mountains) chess is almost an obscure magical creature that one only sees during a solar eclipse or during power outages...i think the highest rated Wv player ever was like 2300 or something, and he was in the state psychiatric institution in weston (no joke)...we're not really that bad but when i tell people i use to play in tournaments they respond to me like im crazy or making it up...id say most of us (Americans) know how to move the pieces but only in certain states is it seriously played by a significant % of the population...i play around a 1550 rating and ive only lost one game to a non-tournament non-regular internet player in years and i just wasnt paying attention...speaking of psych wards and institutions, i get my best games from my patients (i take care of the mentally ill) not the "normal" population

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I would agree with you, jpd.  No one in my area seems to play much, so before I even started really studying chess a few months ago... I was still beating almost everyone I played.  And I'm terrible!  I've never seen a news story or heard anyone talking about chess at all in my daily life.

It wasn't until I joined here and started losing frequently and failing at all the tactics puzzles that I realized how far I had to go.

I used to beat up people who played chess when I was in school.  Now I play it daily.  It is not very popular in the backwoods of Georgia....  Yeeehaw!  Git R done pawn!

Very popular in Brazil, at few months ago we started a Team Brazil and we have over than 120 members with no merchandising. Of course media don help us, they usually talks only about soccer.

jarlaxle (wheres artimis) i had a roommate from georgia in college, his mom was one of the Glamorious Ladies of Wrestling (GLOW), and i pulled out a chess board oneday to play a friend of mine.  Scot, my georgian roommate, exclaimed "Arent you from Westvirginia! How do you know how to play chess!" he was serious too...I said "Scott we have indoor plumbing, we wear shoes, brush our teeth, watch satalite tv, use the internet and some of us have hobbies other than huntin, fishin, and cow tippin!  your from a freakin trailer park in Georgia you have no room to talk" 

popularity in india is also increasing now a days

with this site

the world champion is from india, i figured you all would be experiencing a chess boom in popularity

Wow - I thought "get'er done" was a Saskatchewan thing... had no idea they said that down south, too?  Do you guys say "give'r", too?

It's pretty hard to find people to play OTB in my area.  I'm really glad for chess.com.