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Personally I felt ... initially at least ... that chess and go could be a stimulating coupling (despite their fundamental differences) because people might find themselves enjoying something new. And besides, I just fancied the sound of "Chess and Go"!
However, the original concept of the page wasn't really a "Best Free..." and that's changed now. At present, I feel undecided whether to split the page into two separate ones ... sniff! ... My excuse is that some folks doing a "casual" search for Chess might miss stumbling upon Go. Might ask Gizmo's advice on this one.
My 2 cents is that the main reason Go isn't more popular in the West is that it isn't traditionally played here. But the internet has already made a difference.
And Gizmo himself says he likes playing it! ;>)
I think Xiangqi could be more difficult to "sell" because of: 1) the ideograms, which are unfamiliar outside the Far East 2) paradoxically, because of its similarity to chess...
PS. Perhaps we should be posting this conversation as a forum topic so that others can have their say.
Bob
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-- Quoted from the email of Feb 22 as suggested.