Why isnt chess more popular? Well, if you had a few hours of free time, would you rather spend it watching the newest movie, listening to your favorite songs, playing a computer game, watching (or playing) a sports game, or playing chess?
Why isn't chess more popular?
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I said that cause he said I quit, and rejoined.
Chess is not so popular as there are many choices other than chess. In my day some 50 plus years ago there was only chess and duplicate bridge.
and to play duplicate bridge you had to travel to and from a game and often have an inferior partner. Now with internet I can play many games of bridge in one day and can play "individual"
My two sons show a great talent for chess but they have many other things they can do.
ponz111 wrote:
Chess is not so popular as there are many choices other than chess. In my day some 50 plus years ago there was only chess and duplicate bridge.
and to play duplicate bridge you had to travel to and from a game and often have an inferior partner. Now with internet I can play many games of bridge in one day and can play "individual"
My two sons show a great talent for chess but they have many other things they can do.
Seems like if they had a great talent, they would want to develope it.
The main reason why chess isn't popular is because it's considered nerdy.
When one think of a chess player in general, one think of a lonely reject.
It's just not a cool sport. You won't get the ladies playing the game.
Most likely the exact opposite.
There's chess players. And then there are Russian chess players.(Keep it up in the Bay area....)
It is true that there are far more recreational choices than ever before.
Well, honestly, people generally just don't want to think. According to instinct and nature though, if you put a prize of some sort..... 
That is also true, even more so in regard to religion and politics.
This got off topic faster than I could reply!
Sometimes I enjoy when a thread turns to a train wreck...
e4nf3 wrote:
That is also true...especially about religion and politics. Most of the people I know (and have known) are not "deep thinkers".
CAREFUL! Politics could polarize the discussion! lol. That's one thing that's really nice about chess. it's extremely hard to involve politics or religion.
nameno1had wrote:
Sometimes I enjoy when a thread turns to a train wreck...
LITERALLY!
e4nf3 wrote:
That is also true, even more so in regard to religion and politics.
I find that as soon as you try to go deeper, to get to what you(or others) are looking for, you end up with a whole new set of problems:
when you go deeper, someone will look for clever ways to turn it into a hole, to bury you in...
someone will always try to fight you over the validy of the idea, either so they feel no obligation to conform, or maybe to try to fight you over it, to claim it for themselves...
Some people will be jealous and try to make you out as someone, who wants to be special...even if you could care less
others have nothing better to do than to give someone a hard time...
ilikeflags wrote:
nameno1had wrote:
Sometimes I enjoy when a thread turns to a train wreck...
hey it's richy
Wuts up Flags?
Someone's been sniffing the cork.
I never rejoined, by the way.