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0 pointskelipso3y ago0 comments

Chess isn't really big in China. Maybe will get more popular with Ding now but I'm not holding my breath.

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mark_l_watson3y ago· 2 in thread

Chess is huge in China. The women’s world champion and also number two are both Chinese.

You are right that Chess is not as popular as Go in China.

Norway is a small country (1/300th the population of China) with Magnus Carlson. Chess could be of interest to a small fraction of China and still produce champions.

kelipsoOP3y ago

Chess is not nearly as popular as Chinese chess (xiangqi) either.

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