chess. WTH happened???

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richardhutnik said:

huaxiong90 said:

richardhutnik said:

huaxiong90 said:

jonager said:

yh but chess has been played for nonstop for a long time especially since 1880. so idon´t think it fits the retro word. i might be wrong though

And people still play old video games to this day.

And chess really tailed off since the 70s, after Bobby Fischer went nuts pretty much.  Chess was BIG in the 70s, complete with it being televised on PBS, and making the front page of Time, and other magazines.  To understand what was up with chess, think poker from last decade.

I realize that. I was just supporting the claim that chess IS retro.

Ok.  I think I was expanding upon it to show that chess is in the saem boat as old videogames.  There is something about the style of old arcade games (play for points games) that tended to tail off.  Now competition generally is mano-on-mano, rather than who has the highest score, and done online in real time.  Chess is like that also, but tends to not have as much of the glamour as like Call of Duty does.

That's mainstream culture for you. =/