George Duke wrote on Wed, Dec 2, 2009 11:35 PM UTC:
And it appears to be FastChess for them to replace OrthoChess. This is a
liberal forum and has entertainment and purpose both. Joe Joyce coined the
term ''NextChess.'' It is only one of my particular interests. For
example, no one else -- except Jaguaribe -- studies Gilman's extensive CV work as much. What are several
of Daniel's but ''Next Chesses,'' though none of them yet nominated? Now Gilman himself recently spoke of
Chess having been ''handed down,'' or certain chess-piece names handed
down. Actually, we know Chess evolved and still so little 64-square 6-piece its
present form. Castling did not get standardized till circa year 1900. What larger size will be ''the next chess,'' dumping the hopeless 64-square tradition? The most likely are 9x9, or 8x10, or 10x10. These are all NextChess topics along with the nominees themselves. Who would want to be, or who will respect, world champion, when engines make the achievement as spectacular as tic-tac-toe? If we succeed, then we become the OrthoChess forum and theirs, Chessbase, Chess Cafe, and all, the old way. Nakamura before, Fischer before that, and Ivanchuk this week are examples of being forced to toe the line of the Ivory Tower, or be ostracized. It's down to 2 or 3 naysayers, tiresome in their exact same hopeless, exasperated tone, repeating themselves over and over in effect that F.I.D.E., formed 80 years ago, is going to be able to keep imposing the one rules-set, despite alternatives and vehicle of Internet.