I like that kids (or adults) playing it have to learn to handle the ego check. There is no blaming randomness, teammates, or that the other kid is bigger/faste

I like that kids (or adults) playing it have to learn to handle the ego check. There is no blaming randomness, teammates, or that the other kid is bigger/faster. One other nice thing about chess versus other board or computer games is that whatever you put into it will still be useful twenty years from now. The game isn't going to change between now and then.