tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6011690536420808420.post6637572081006294331..comments2024-02-20T07:50:13.558+01:00Comments on Chess960 (FRC): Chess960 Interest on Chess.comMark Weekshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10101044127493771263noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6011690536420808420.post-63391240765317952762016-04-01T01:22:52.596+02:002016-04-01T01:22:52.596+02:00Thanks to Chess.com finally we are starting to see...Thanks to Chess.com finally we are starting to see some glimpses of Chess960 Fischer Random becoming more mainstream:<br /><br />https://www.chess.com/article/view/announcing-the-grandmaster-blitz-battles-championship<br /><br />Notice too, that the level of criticism of Chess960 on the forums around the world is declining. Here is but one example:<br /><br />https://www.reddit.com/r/chess/comments/4cq956/aroniangrischuk_blitz_battle_opener_april_6_once/<br /><br />There is still a long way to go though.HarryOhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15971894954907592580noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6011690536420808420.post-73429959202706349582013-10-27T01:45:06.146+02:002013-10-27T01:45:06.146+02:00A couple years ago on the USCF forums, I lamented ...A couple years ago on the USCF forums, I lamented that the USCF did not put effort into developing web-based real-time rated play (at time-controls longer than Blitz, maybe more like Game/60min + 10sec Increment).<br /><br />I said something like - "The vast majority of chess games are played in the USA each Tuesday occur on websites like Chess.com, far more than occur at USCF rated games on a weekend".<br />Another forum person doubted that claim; and I had no hard data I could cite.<br />---------------<br /><br />I cannot determine from this graph that Mark has posted - Over what length of time were these PLAYER numbers accumulated?<br />Mark's statement that contrasts to the number of USCF members puts some interesting perspective on these numbers.<br /><br />And how many 'Standard' time-control (non-Blitz, non-speed) chess GAMES have been played on Chess.com in the past 12 months?<br />And how many chess960 games in the past 12 months?GeneMhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17760103001033379456noreply@blogger.com