摘要
如果不是出现一些令人费解的反差,不会有人想到要理智地反思一下中国象棋的发展现状。比如,总会有人问到这样的问题:为什么喜爱象棋的棋迷如此之多,象棋的群众基础如此深厚,但象棋的市场却一直不愠不火?同国际象棋、围棋相比。
Without so many disheartening contrasts, few would take the trouble to assess the profile of Xiangqi, or Chinese chess, against the other sports of minds. In China, Xiangqi has a much larger following than chess or Go chess. But Xiangqi players earn much less because of the low marketability of the game. Part of the blame should be laid on the Xiangqi authorities who failed to market one of the most popular Chinese games. As an obvious disadvantage, Xiangqi is not a fashionable sport. Go chess saw its p...