From: "'Marc Theeuwen'" <Marc_Theeuwen <at> AMSINC <dot> COM>
Date: 27 feb 2000
Subject: Re: The number of chess players

Dear Terao-san and other shogi friends,

>From the site of the Royal Chess Association in The Netherlands, I found out
that there are 26.000 registered members and
about 750.000 (!) people that play chess now and then, which is slightly less
than 5% of the Dutch population.

Cheers,

Marc