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Subject: Re: Gothic chess does not belong here. - Mortal agony ?

Author: Bob Durrett

Date: 17:01:39 01/09/04

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On January 09, 2004 at 19:53:52, Reinhard Scharnagl wrote:

>On January 09, 2004 at 19:43:05, Brack Nickrow wrote:
>
>>My thoughts exactly, I may be a purist but i'm against the promotion of
>>alterations to the royal game!  No human has ever mastered the game totally, not
>>even Kasparov and no one ever will.  There is no reason to alter it.  Growth
>>smoth it's destruction!  Here should be no different than Frances body that
>>tries to protect their language from being corrupted.  Protect Chess.  Out with
>>variants they are for another forum!  and yes yes this definitely includes FRC!
>
>Which words will count here? Your's unfounded or those competent from the former
>(?) world chess champion Robert Fischer?
>
>How do you get the idea, that someone will take away your traditional chess?
>Overmore, if you are convinced in that classic variant, lay back and watch which
>other way to play chess will stay or vanish.
>
>Your claim to protect chess could be understood as an outing it as a dying
>species. Is that what you intend? Think it over!
>
>Regards, Reinhard.

As long as Kasparov and Chessbase can get rich from Chess, it will remain.  : )

Bob D.



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