Scot’s gambit to get kids into chess | Scotland – The Times

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Chess is an entire world in just 64 squares, says Beth Harmon, the doe-eyed prodigy in The Queens Gambit. I feel safe in it. I can control it; I can dominate it.

Beth is the fictional heroine of a hit Netflix series, but her understanding of the power of the game to deliver a sense of achievement to young people is being harnessed in the UKs richest chess tournament for youngsters.

The 10,000 Scottish Junior Tournament has been endowed by Gareth Williams, the multimillionaire founder of Skyscanner, in the hope that hundreds of children of all abilities will sign up.

Williams will be able to build on the success of The Queens Gambit

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It is important they do, believes Williams, 52, because chess requires a skill that is in short supply in our digital age: concentration.

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