Well you took your time getting back.

Obviously since you are not getting satisfactory answers from us mere plebs,why dont you avail yourself of a little thing called.............ermmmm.... Google and track down what you're looking for..either that or start your own chess club and stop whining,be proactive!

"If you build it they will come"

Hey everyone, what's this about me being banned? When did that happen and who decided that it should be so? Listen people; I am not whining or complaining. Very soon I will reveal what I do but this should have nothing to do with the question posted.

I am hoping that through this forum we will discuss anything.

My question was put forward primarily to see what others felt or knew about something that I am passionate about - the education of children - and to find out if anyone does, has, or is playing Chess.

Now it may be that some of you know more than you are prepared to admit. But naturally this is what we do. We hide our talents and our intellect; we play done our strengths and for some strange reason we hardly ever seem to 'blow our own trumpet'.

But why is this? We are already smart; we have multiple intelligences and a brain that holds millions and millions of cells. None of us perform to our full potential. We use about 10% of our brain capacity and yet I am a '1 post troll' and 'banned' for daring to ask a perfectly reasonable question.

I despair but I have hope! My vision is infinite and I dare to dream.

"Monkey I am. Fire I am. Happy I will be. Now and always and forever."

Open up the door! Oh no, I already live in the room, and I do help myself.

Wait what, not many? Considering that about 5 people post regularly on this forum that I can remember offhand I'm surprised you even got a reply.

If I asked how many people have completed Gears of War, I'd get even fewer replies.

Would I assume that black people don't own Xbox 360's or PC's. Nope.

Chess is a niche hobby at best, played mainly by the old who have more time to spare. If you're good and your peers happen to be good, you'll be playing for a long time. Most people don't have that time. Secondly most people might prefer to play Poker thesedays, they certainly do where I am.

As to where people go, well most normally play with friends. So probably in a the home, or perhaps a pub/Social club, just like they do with Poker.

Chess isn't exactly a white working class pass time either. I only know 5 people who play often. Two are Asian, two are white and one is black. Unless you're involved in a chess club most will be lucky to know even one person.

In a nutshell it isn't really that popular, heck I know more people who play cribbage. A good percentage of pubs have tournaments against other pubs. Same can't be said for chess, a game that has always been on the outside of popular culture.