I am thinking about chess in schools in particular. In the USA more than 3200 children competed in an event.
“Sitting at home the way I do, I'd just love the hear from people. It'd be a great help in passing the time.”
“No man will be a sailor who has contrivance enough to get himself into a jail; for being in a ship is being in a jail, with the chance of being drowned... a man in a jail has more room, better food, and commonly better company.”