Mark Weeks, at Chess for All Ages followed up with a thoughtful reply.
Especially attractive to me was Mike Goeller's "comment" at the bottom of Weeks's post. He refers to his own essay on "Chess Amateurism"
This is the new age of the amateur... The amateur game is getting more interesting for amateurs (certainly more worth looking at and commenting on)...He also has an interesting point-of-view on "amateur openings" like the Jerome Gambit (1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bc4 Bc5 4.Bxf7+).
Thoughtful stuff.
