Looking at the bright side, it is good that the Chinese diaspora has spread Chinese chess throughout the world, thus planting the seeds for expansion of the game's popularity, but Jackson Teoh, captain of the West Malaysia team, considers it unlikely that the sport will be widely played internationally within the next 30 years.
樂觀來看，也可以慶幸象棋已跟著華人落腳世界各地，為象棋的國際化埋下了許多種子。但西馬領隊張漢忠仍悲觀的認為，象棋要在世界普及，三十年內恐怕還看不到。前景比圍棋好