In Bali I found a taxi stand on the side of the road where two of the drivers were playing chess while waiting for customers.
After their shift they left the chessboard and pieces right there next to the road.
I asked them if they were not worried it would get stolen but they assured me the set was safe seeing as nobody knew what it was used for.
We might therefor conclude that there are 2 people who play chess in SE Asia possibly as much as four.
Which leads to the question: is chess a vaccine for the Coronavirus?
It is widely believed chess caused the craniumvirus
The other question is : why would they name a virus after a beer?
I am a 5'10" Indonesian chess player and we Indonesians do play chess.
Your height is so relevant to that spurious claim
silly question, why don't u ask if south east Asian play American futbol, yes we play at play station
GMAmateur, I clearly stated there are as many as four people in Indonesia playing chess.
Technically it means Indonesians do play chess but the % is so low as to suggest a man named Leroy Jones from Skoki, Illinois will be struck by lightning 42 times and survive.
if indeed you are from Indonesia and not merely claiming to be.
@hisscathunter, I agree, your question is silly.
I am a 5'10" Indonesian chess player and we Indonesians do play chess.
Impossible.
I am a 5'10" Indonesian chess player and we Indonesians do play chess.
Impossible.
Confirmation from SE Asian that it is impossible for a SE Asian to play chess.
This gives my report a lot more credibility than it already had.
I am a 5'10" Indonesian chess player and we Indonesians do play chess.
Impossible.
Confirmation from SE Asian that it is impossible for a SE Asian to play chess.
This gives my report a lot more credibility than it already had.
I have recently returned from my fact finding mission in South-East Asia four months ago.
It has taken me this long to decide whether I should share my findings with a community who cannot handle the truth and is generally made up of the ignorant ,argumentative and general riff-raff.
If Eric did not promise me a diamond membership for my selfless efforts I probably wouldn’t be writing this report.
The question of course was: Do South-East Asians play chess?
And the short answer for the benefit of the Google generation with no attention span is ‘ no, they do not’
(By SE Asia I mean true SE Asia, not India, Vietnam, Japan or any other non SE Asian country.)
My mission started in Indonesia, the purest SE Asian country.
I literally searched everywhere for anybody that plays chess....in bamboo forests, remote beaches, tiny market towns, crowded cock fighting arenas but could not find a single person who even knew what chess was.
Finally in Java I found a tiny restaurant with some chess sets for hire.
The joint was completely empty.
The owner explained that he used to do roaring trade until he introduced the chess sets and now he is bankrupt.
Although he spoke to me in his own language I could tell what he meant from his facial expression and body language.
Of course SE Asians play this stupid Chess game! SE Asians play stupid PC games, billiards and bowling too.
@Matzyr....Far be it from me to teach you geography but Vietnam is Central East Asia.
Look at a map....it is east but not south
@Bong, have you ever been to SE Asia? They definitely don’t play billiards and nobody on the planet really ‘plays’ bowling because ‘play’ implies fun and bowling is not fun.
Also most Asian only play games which allow them to create funky avatars
I have recently returned from my fact finding mission in South-East Asia four months ago.
It has taken me this long to decide whether I should share my findings with a community who cannot handle the truth and is generally made up of the ignorant ,argumentative and general riff-raff.
If Eric did not promise me a diamond membership for my selfless efforts I probably wouldn’t be writing this report.
The question of course was: Do South-East Asians play chess?
And the short answer for the benefit of the Google generation with no attention span is ‘ no, they do not’
(By SE Asia I mean true SE Asia, not India, Vietnam, Japan or any other non SE Asian country.)
My mission started in Indonesia, the purest SE Asian country.
I literally searched everywhere for anybody that plays chess....in bamboo forests, remote beaches, tiny market towns, crowded cock fighting arenas but could not find a single person who even knew what chess was.
Finally in Java I found a tiny restaurant with some chess sets for hire.
The joint was completely empty.
The owner explained that he used to do roaring trade until he introduced the chess sets and now he is bankrupt.
Although he spoke to me in his own language I could tell what he meant from his facial expression and body language.