‘We use chess as a spine’: the Corsican revolutionaries teaching children moves beyond the board
▻https://www.theguardian.com/global/2023/may/04/we-use-chess-as-a-spine-the-corsican-movement-teaching-children-moves-b
The clamour is proof of what amounts to a Corsican chess revolution. There are now almost 7,000 licensed chess players on the island with a population of 340,000; more than 25 times the rate in mainland France.