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This article is rather long, perhaps should we break some of it off into separate articles, such as one on chess notation? [[User:DanH|DanH]] 21:13, 30 October 2007 (EDT)
 
This article is rather long, perhaps should we break some of it off into separate articles, such as one on chess notation? [[User:DanH|DanH]] 21:13, 30 October 2007 (EDT)
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==elitist game?==
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"The game used to be treated as a status symbol of education and aristocracy but in recent times has become to be known as an elitist's game."
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This is highly questionable and frankly sounds absurd to me, esp. without any citation to back it up. If anything, the rise of the internet has broadened the appeal of chess and made it less of an elitist game in recent times. [[User:RightOfCenter|RightOfCenter]] 11:22, 9 May 2008 (EDT)