I find that most fun games are "cartoons" of life. In any cartoon you choose which features to keep and emphasize and which features to leave out. Chess is a

I find that most fun games are "cartoons" of life. In any cartoon you choose which features to keep and emphasize and which features to leave out. Chess is a game of perfect potential knowledge - where the only limit to seeing is your own ability. What's nice about chess is the "if-I-do-this,-what-happens-in response" kind of thinking it instills.