Compulsory chess education may work in Armenia, where chess has achieved almost 'national pastime' status, but it would fail terribly in the UK or US. Westerne

Compulsory chess education may work in Armenia, where chess has achieved almost 'national pastime' status, but it would fail terribly in the UK or US. Westerners are incredibly strong-willed, and you'd probably incite more interest in chess by banning it than by forcing everyone to learn it. People in the west relish controversy, whether it's violent video games being pulled from shelves, or dungeons and dragons being linked to satanism. These incidents only serve to increase the popularity of the banned game. As they say, there's no such thing as bad publicity (except in your own obituary).