Mark Thompson wrote on Wed, Sep 5, 2007 10:43 PM UTC:
'what conceivable chess piece the millions of serious FIDE players would
accept as a replacement'
If you're seriously asking this, I'd suggest you drop by your local
chess club and find out. Conduct an informal survey. But I predict you'll
be disappointed if you expect more than 10% of them to consent to any
change to FIDE whatsoever, even to play as an amusing variant, and even
those wouldn't want to hear talk about a 'replacement' for FIDE.
I think the next evolution of chess, if it's to have one, will have to
attract players mostly from people who aren't serious FIDE players.
