Chess.

[Khandro]

Rishi Sunak has a plan to revive chess in Britain. The PM is set to announce half-a-million pounds funding for the English Chess Federation. The money could be used to send teams to international tournaments, install chess tables in parks and teach the game to school kids.

Do you approve of this initiative ?

[Khandro]

You can join up to chessworld.com , it's free though you can become a full member, and you can play against people from all over the world.

https://www.chessworld.net/chessclubs/welcomepage.asp?lr=1&chessgame_number_cam=

I'm at the moment playing against a very good player from England (& I fear I've made a terrible blunder which he's sure to pick up on:0(

The game before that was against someone in Ontario.

[Untitled]

i have never liked chess but the ECF brings joy to many people and has done so for a long time so of course i am very happy for them and hope that this sets a precedent for funding cultural activities

[jourdain2]

It's a good idea. Lots of schools used to have 'Chess Clubs' as one of the normal 'extras' which staff & able children ran. This has more or less died-out.
Chess is good, lots of other activities on offer would also be welcomed. I once ran an after school drama group for instance, and an athletics club later on, but that depended on staff organising these activities voluntarily.

[Gromit]

https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2023/aug/04/england-playgrounds-crumble-council-budgets-fall