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I'm not sure of Kalmykia's political status, but chess has been mandatory there for decades: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kalmykia https://en.wikipedia.org/wik

by maxk42 14y ago

I'm not sure of Kalmykia's political status, but chess has been mandatory there for decades: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kalmykia https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kalmykia

killerpopiller 14y ago
yep. definitly top-down chess enthusiastics - their former president is president of the world chess association and every kid learns chess in school since his "reign".