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I absolutely agree. But I note several practical difficulties. 1) Which variants? This also invites subquestions...how is a variant recognized for official play, how is the list determined for a championship series, how do we develop laws which cover the wide realm of variants... 2) Should games such as shogi and xiangqi (or Western chess!), with their own firmly established organizations, be considered as variants? 3) Should tournaments utilizing only one variant be counted, or only events involving two or more? 4) How does one balance the variants in issuing ratings, given that player proficiency is certain to vary across the spectrum of games? 5) Is there enough of an audience of variantists (who play more than one or two games with some proficiency) to be credible or worthwhile? Certainly as the contest guy here, I'm keenly interested in the idea you raise. But we'd have quite a road in front of us... Glenn Overby
I believe chess variants would be taken more seriously, and get better support, if there was a world champion at them and a world championship to determine who is the best Chess Variant player. For this, all variants agreed to by the regulating organization would be open game. A problem with fostering one or another chess variant in particular to serve as an alternative standard FIDE is that it doesn't generate enough interest. What are people's comments regarding this? Do you feel having a world champion chess variant player, and a rating system, would be of value?
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