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Posted by
BelfastBishop
(VIP) 7 Jun 2006 7:04pm
If u r not a football fan, then please dont feel ill when u read this!
What about, in the spirit of the World Cup, a Chess tourney were different players represent the various countries of the World Cup?
As they r matched-up in the real game so players could be matched up in the chess game.
GC could run a program, similar to tourney rules, that determines which "signed up" players are allocated which football team.
As for timings that can be discussed here.
Just a thought...what do u think?
PS - who do u think will win the World Cup?
BFB, did you
Posted by
Capa5
8 Jun 2006 8:34am
represent your country recently?
Great Idea
Posted by
MrAleman
(VIP) 8 Jun 2006 9:52am
It would make great sense. I just wonder if enough people are interested in the World Cup. I guess one problem is there are not many players here from such countries as the Ivory Coast and Ghana. Even so a nice idea
I would like to see something like the Ryder Cup format in Golf. Maybe a GB and Ireland match against the US? Something like that would be good fun.
Anyways as for the World Cup, it all starts tomorrow. And will England win it? Unlikely, but you never know. I will go for Brazil though!
the worldcup ...
Posted by
dammerke
8 Jun 2006 3:03pm
I am from Belgium , they are not qualified for the world cup! now i cant play your "world cup chess tourney " i suppose. But thats no problem: just like the Belgian footballers , i fear that i am too weak in chess to play this world cup tourney 
Brazil is my favorit , Argentina second favorit and after them there are Spain , England , maybe France who can surprise and go for a final win.
Clarification
Posted by
BelfastBishop
(VIP) 8 Jun 2006 4:49pm
U dont need 2 b from the actual football country - I was suggesting, if enough players entered, that GC would assign a country to each player.
Posted by
b1_returns
(VIP) 8 Jun 2006 4:59pm
basketball>football
excellent idea
Posted by
Sam_Morton
1 Aug 2006 3:08pm
I think a chess WC here would be fun. If certain countries do not have enough players, those countries can be made into groups.
However, different time zones of the players may be a problem here, which is not an issue in a real world cup.
Maybe Chesslab can work at identifying and resolving the different such issues now, and then organize a World Cup in a few months.
Posted by
_PawnPlayer_
31 Aug 2006 4:21pm
I used to play for england juniors but now im 18 so just started playing here on the internet... so would be cool to represent england again.
join
Posted by
jake_the_snake_doc
3 Dec 2006 9:23pm
i want to join,
Posted by
satar
17 Mar 2007 3:06pm
i like the thought of the idea, and in order for gc to consider this, we should initialize some sort of a request with maybe alot of signatures electronically. Maybe this might get them to recognize the idea and post a section for chess based on countries and teams and such. I believe this idea deserves some credit...nice job belfast 
Word Cup
Posted by
AlexBourke
20 Mar 2008 9:45pm
The country that wins the football World Cup is often the one that knocks out England. Think about it, Brazil recently, Argentina with Maradonna and the Hand of God. England goes there with a terrific side but the draw is such that they meet the best team before the final and narrowly lose. So as I'm English, if you beat me (especially if you're German, Brazilian or Argentinian) then you know that you are gonna win the cup!
chess/soccer
Posted by
joorge28
(VIP) 1 Jun 2008 5:50am
i'm a huge fan of both from a very early age. but i think the countries that are good at chess are not so bright in football, take russia, norway or india for example. as for the cup it was a great shot for brazil (favorite) and germany (hosts) to win even though italy (my favorite) won. lol
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