💡 IDEAS To increase the popularity of chess!

@bbbhhdfhdfgsdfh

Once bodybuilding was a niche art. Now there are gyms everywhere.

Ballet is everywhere too.

You cannot stop it. You should not stop it.

Okay, care to list reasons why you shouldn't stop it? I mean I've listed why we should, and why we should increase gatekeeping in chess.

Okay, care to list reasons why you shouldn't stop it? I mean I've listed why we should, and why we should increase gatekeeping in chess.

Chess is far advanced over any other sport. Chess started everything.

Chess. Black pieces, White pieces.

Judo. Used to be white gi on white gi. Now they have white gi on blue gi.

Basketball invented to shot clock. Chess has a "shot clock" since they were sand hourglasses.

Tennis invented UTR. Oopsie. UTR is just a re-branding of the Elo rating system.

The Modern Olympics is a renaissance of the ancient Olympics. That was in 1896. That was yesterday.

Chess has been played continuously for thousands of years, un-interrupted.

The list goes on and on.

The first chess computers were programmed on vacuum tubes.

On and on, chess takes the lead.

... Right... I'm sorry, either I'm missing your point or you're just rambling. Where is the positives of chess gaining popularity in that paragraph?

... Right... I'm sorry, either I'm missing your point or you're just rambling. Where is the positives of chess gaining popularity in that paragraph?

The more people know about chess, the more people know that chess innovates a lot of things.

Chess would have the rightful credit it deserves.

Computers started with vacuum tubes. Chess was programmed on vacuum tubes. Chess is foundation of artificial intelligence. The computer you type on came from chess thinking.

The computer was invented to play chess.

Okay, innovation is great and all. But that doesn't really benefit the game. I assumed that was what the thread was about.

It's not in that paragraph. it is already everywhere.

Chess is the model for computers and the Internet, back in 1980, in the Tandy Radio Shack 1980, TRS-80.

Okay, so you don't actually have a reason as to why gaining popularity is good for chess, you just wanted to appear philosophical and vague. Okay, great contribution.

@Ploughboy95

Should we make Kung Fu movies?

If we make Kung Fu movies, and Kung Fu is more popular, then the quality of Kung Fu goes down?

Yes, the quality of martial arts has gone downhill because of how much more mainstream they are compared to back in the day. And this is coming from someone with a background of teaching martial arts.

@Ploughboy95

Should we make Kung Fu movies?

If we make Kung Fu movies, and Kung Fu is more popular, then the quality of Kung Fu goes down?

Yes, the quality of martial arts has gone downhill because of how much more mainstream they are compared to back in the day. And this is coming from someone with a background of teaching martial arts.

Please elucidate.

Tell us how martial arts has gone downhill.

Okay, I'll use taekwondo as my example as that's where my background comes from:

Taekwondo has roots shotokan karate, and was developed and founded in the 1950s. Now in Karate you learn kata (a series of moves designed to simulate combat) and bunkai (where you dissamble the kata to analyse practical uses of the moves).

In Taekwondo we have tul/poomsae which is the same idea. However, during their developmental stages they were designed more for aesthetical reasons and to have more 'flair' than their karate counterparts. Plus, in Taekwondo we don't do bunkai because we focus more on competition which appeals more to kids because kids like to win rather than analyse and breakdown practical techniques. So for those two reasons you've already watered down the martial art.

Sparring is more focused on techniques that score points rather than practicality in a real fight. So again, you're watering down the martial art even further in pursuit of popularity.

And that;s without going into the belt system to retain students by making them feel rewarded for being promoted. Again, you're decreasing standards for the sake of popularity.

And it's the same with chess. You attract new players like in covid and you essentially turn chess into a passing fad, and in doing so you lower the standard of play. You do what you can to keep those new players, you give out prizes for being subpar which encourages complacency and therefore lowering standards.

I'm Vietnamese. Nail salons is a thing in the Vietnamese community. Nail salons used to be a luxury thing, and workers can charge high prices, because they are few of them.

With more people getting into the business, they are under cutting each other. I heard that from a Vietnamese nail salon worker. And prices are getting lower and lower.

See, even your nail analogy shows that ease of access lowers quality. Nails have become cheaper because vendors and saloons are undercutting prices, and they can afford to do that because they're getting cheaper, lower quality materials with a lower average skill level in the industry, which means the customer suffers at the end of the day.

Host chess events, festivals and exhibitions in cities and towns to showcase the game and bring people together.

To increase the popularity of One simple step we can take to increase the popularity of chess is to organize a community chess event or tournament. We can start by reaching out to local schools, libraries, or community centers to see if they would be interested in hosting or supporting the event. Then, promote the event through social media, local newspapers, and flyers in public places to attract participants of all ages and skill levels. Making the event inclusive and welcoming to beginners can help introduce new people to the game and foster a sense of community around chess in your area. And give all the participants a prize as they participate in it so that they got motivated