Bridge has youth appeal in spades | Brief letters
Trump card | Giant chess | Rishi Sunak’s trousers | Commonwealth GamesJoel Snape’s piece about backgammon (Forget chess, backgammon teaches the most valuable life lessons: blind luck and wild unfairness, 5 August) was interesting, but he neglected bridge in his ruminations about other games. Bridge is flourishing, especially among young people. England sent four teams to the World Junior Championships in Veldhoven in the Netherlands, where they have been competing with honour against contemporaries from around the world. It’s not just for the more mature.Ian PaynChair, English Bridge Union• While I agree that backgammon is a better metaphor for life than chess, the advantage of chess is that it can played be in parks using giant sets, which is great fun and very sociable. This is much more common in mainland Europe. My favourite spot is in Lausanne, on the shores of Lake Geneva, where chess games often go on late into the night.Marc TischkowitzAlbury, Hertfordshire Continue reading…
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