[ Help | Earliest Comments | Latest Comments ][ List All Subjects of Discussion | Create New Subject of Discussion ][ List Earliest Comments Only For Pages | Games | Rated Pages | Rated Games | Subjects of Discussion ]Single Comment 2006 World Chess Variants Championship on-line. World Chess Variants Championship.[All Comments] [Add Comment or Rating] Sam Trenholme wrote on Sun, Sep 24, 2006 12:17 AM UTC:You know, it's interesting because both Grand Chess and Circular chess, in fact have world champìonships and world champions (Grand Chess's world champion, John Vehre, has been known to play games right here on the variants server). The idea of a world champion for chess and all of chess' variants is an interesting one. It's like a triathlon, where the winner is a good swimmer, but not necessarily the world's best swimmer, a good bicyclist, but probably not as good as Lance Armstrong, and a good, but not world's best, runner. I'm sure both Kramnik and Topalov would be beaten in Shogi by the world Shogi champion, but this doesn't make them poor FIDE chess players. - Sam
I'm sure both Kramnik and Topalov would be beaten in Shogi by the world Shogi champion, but this doesn't make them poor FIDE chess players.
- Sam