Forget chess, backgammon teaches the most valuable life lessons: blind luck and wild unfairness | Joel Snape
Rishi Sunak hopes to inspire a new generation of grandmasters, but he should broaden his horizons to other games for kidsWhen I first introduced my six-year-old to backgammon, his reaction was delight, quickly followed by confusion and suspicion. It has dice! Like Mousetrap! But also: loads of plain counters, an extremely non-intuitive board, and a conspicuous lack of mice, penguins or pies. Could this be – I could see the thought briefly rumple his perfect pink brow – an attempt to teach him something? Well, yes, my sweet boy, yes it was. Sorry. I think it’s sort of my job.I mention this because Rishi Sunak, whose stance on backgammon I’m unsure of, is engaged in attempt to teach us all something by building the national interest in chess: with plans that reportedly include expanding instruction in schools, installing 100 chess tables in public parks, and financially backing the English Chess Federation. Continue reading…
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