Sunday, April 29, 2007

Chess, Not Guns

Personally, I see chess as controlled violence. It allows two combatants at the board to settle their dispute in a civilized way. Unfortunately, in American society today, there is too much uncontrolled violence. We have too many schools with metal detectors, and not enough schools with chess programs.

Because I have on occasion written articles for Virginia Chess Newsletter, which is the official publication of the Virginia Chess Federation, the story of one chessplayer's heroism at the recent Virginia Tech tragedy hit home for me at more than one level. See what you think of it.