Sunak Channels £1 Million to Attract Young Britons to Chess
- Government to fund elite chess, game boards in public parks
- Sunak has called chess a ‘great skill’ that helps people think
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Rishi Sunak’s UK government said it would plow almost £1 million ($1.3 million) into chess to promote the game in English schools and install 100 tables in public parks.
The announcement — confirming plans reported this month by Bloomberg — includes a £500,000 investment in the English Chess Federation over two years “to develop the next generation of world-class talent,” the Department for Culture, Media and Sport said in an emailed statement.