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Richard Hutnik wrote on Wed, Jan 15, 2003 11:50 PM UTC:
I believe chess variants would be taken more seriously, and get better
support, if there was a world champion at them and a world championship to
determine who is the best Chess Variant player.  For this, all variants
agreed to by the regulating organization would be open game.  A problem
with fostering one or another chess variant in particular to serve as an
alternative standard FIDE is that it doesn't generate enough interest.

What are people's comments regarding this?  Do you feel having a world
champion chess variant player, and a rating system, would be of value?