03-07-2013, 12:33 PM
It's a shame such things are happening within Chess Scotland.
If the last Council meeting went well, then hopefully the issues have been sorted.
When I spoke of a decline in Chess, i'm in total agreement with Ian, it has been on going for sometime, I am comparing now to when I started playing as a junior about 14 years ago. Back then I played for Holycross and Bellshill. Bellshill had a few juniors but was mostly an adult club. Holycross had loads of juniors and some adults.
In that time the internet has come to dominate, indeed maybe a big reason for the decline. Personally, I have never played on the internet, it's just of no interest to me.
In relation to live chess, maybe it is just what it is. It would be good, however, to see an increase in numbers.
There are a good number of juniors playing, and lots of seniors playing, but not so many in the middle age brackets say 22-55. Also there is a lack of female players in the game. Wonder if this is just in the UK, or if these stats are similar throughout the chess playing world.
It's a really difficult question on how to promote/ increase interest in the game and there is no easy answer.
If the last Council meeting went well, then hopefully the issues have been sorted.
When I spoke of a decline in Chess, i'm in total agreement with Ian, it has been on going for sometime, I am comparing now to when I started playing as a junior about 14 years ago. Back then I played for Holycross and Bellshill. Bellshill had a few juniors but was mostly an adult club. Holycross had loads of juniors and some adults.
In that time the internet has come to dominate, indeed maybe a big reason for the decline. Personally, I have never played on the internet, it's just of no interest to me.
In relation to live chess, maybe it is just what it is. It would be good, however, to see an increase in numbers.
There are a good number of juniors playing, and lots of seniors playing, but not so many in the middle age brackets say 22-55. Also there is a lack of female players in the game. Wonder if this is just in the UK, or if these stats are similar throughout the chess playing world.
It's a really difficult question on how to promote/ increase interest in the game and there is no easy answer.