Why is chess far less popular in China than other kinds of chess?

National promotion: Many countries have included chess as a compulsory subject in primary schools, with at least two hours of chess lessons per week; ② Social and mass base: relevant chess infrastructure and chess clubs are very popular.
And in China? Chinese chess and Weiqi and other chess projects in their own country, as many as dazzling, but also have a very solid and long history and foundation, with cultural attributes of course there is a natural sense of belonging, and chess is foreign, not everything is "foreign monks can chant", and although chess is easy to learn but difficult to master, rules are particularly many:
Of all the traditional chess games that are still popular today, chess is arguably the most rule-based and complex (please note: it means "rules" and not "changes of the board"). A lot of explanatory words, I am afraid that many people who want to learn chess were defeated at once. This is a great pity.
Why are there so many long rules in chess? This is probably closely related to the size of its chessboard. Japanese Shogi has 81 (9x9) positions, Chinese chess has 90 (9x10) positions, but chess has only 64 (8x8) positions. And it has the same pieces as Chinese chess, with 32 pieces. The same number of pieces crowded in the small chessboard, inevitably need more rules to regulate, contain, otherwise the opening you step on me, I step on you, immediately chaos.
So, the biggest drawback of chess is that there are too many rules, but considering the size of the board, this is also necessary. However, the advantage of a small chessboard is that it is easier to overview the overall situation, and the pieces contain each other, and it is easy to defend and difficult to attack at the beginning, and the novice faces less pressure to attack. More time to get into the situation. In contrast, Chinese chess, which has the most chess positions, is much simpler in terms of rules and is an easy game to learn. However, the Chinese chess board is larger, the pieces have more gaps between each other, less diversionnaires, and the protective net is incomplete, so novices must be on the defensive at the beginning, and there is more pressure to be attacked at the beginning.

In fact, in recent years, Chinese chess has been equal to Go and Chinese chess, because after all, chess is the most popular chess game in the world, so international exchanges are very important, and China's chess talent and level are not bad in the world.
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There are many high schools also need chess class special students! This year's sports single enrollment once again added 6 universities. Chess, chess and Weiqi have all become the enrollment items of sports training majors in hundreds of colleges and universities, which is a major policy benefit for the popularization of chess education.
There are six major stages of chess development in China:
In 1956, chess was listed as an official sports competition by the Chinese sports administrative department. This was the first milestone in the development of chess in China. In 1978, he participated in the Chess Olympiad World Team Championship for the first time. This is the second milestone in the development of chess in China. The establishment of the National Chess Training Team in 1986 marked the third milestone in the development of chess in China. In 1991, Xie Jun won the Women's World Championship (in 2022, elected vice president of FIDE). This is the fourth milestone in the development of chess in China. In 1998, the Chinese women's team won the World Chess Olympiad Championship. This is the fifth milestone in the development of chess in China. On February 23, 2001, the Department of Physical Education, Health and Art of the Ministry of Education and the Department of Community of the General Administration of Sport of the State jointly issued the "Notice on the development of three chess activities in schools" (hereinafter referred to as the "Notice"). This is the sixth milestone in the development of chess in China.