Bridge is also far more popular than chess in the USA. > -----Original Message----- > From: computer-go-boun...@computer-go.org [mailto:computer-go- > boun...@computer-go.org] On Behalf Of Mark Boon > Sent: Wednesday, January 14, 2009 7:07 AM > To: computer-go > Subject: Re: [computer-go] Re: GCP on ICGA Events 2009 in Pamplona > > > On Jan 14, 2009, at 12:43 PM, Thomas Lavergne wrote: > > > Couting xiangqi and shogi players as chess players is a bit unfair... > > Sorry if I caused confusion, I didn't mean to count those as Chess- > players. I just stated that to show that despite large population- > numbers in say China, most of those people play Xiang-Qi rather than > Wei-Qi. > > This in contrast to a large country like Russia where I believe Chess > is by far the most popular. In Holland however, Chess comes only at > third place (or maybe even lower) after Bridge and Draughts. > > Mark > > _______________________________________________ > computer-go mailing list > computer-go@computer-go.org > http://www.computer-go.org/mailman/listinfo/computer-go/
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