Rich Hutnik wrote on Sun, Nov 2, 2008 12:09 AM UTC:
Chess drawing as high as it does at the highest level is a problem.
In regards to the 'variant' phrase, this would be fine for standardized
terminology, if it doesn't decide to make Xiangqi fit into this. Into
the larger framework I describe, a 'variant' would have consistent
terminology and piece names, as other games that are considered
'variants'.