chess

is chess on the decline on the up the same. are the young interested or is it all ps3 xbox.my son is eleven he has a working understanding of chess but at the moment for him it is uncool as is reading sadly.is this likely to change. i live in the uk is this typical of my country or the world

Yes I agree with you, nowadays chess is less attracting for kids than video games which have grown too realistic & sophisticated. my family's example is one of them: i started taking chess seriously around 10 years ago when it was still SEGA era (!) and i actually fell in love with it despite the fact that no one encouraged me. now my younger brother who is 16 won't take it seriously since he is a video game addict.

Perhaps that is only half the reason. it mostly depends on your "love at the first sight" (!) for the game.   

Yes, I've noticed that it is hard to get young people interested in chess when you are competing with the outrageous graphics of video games.  But you have to play games in their immediate presence, and have some friendly banter going back and forth.  Kids hear two people having fun and they are curious about what it is.  I have seen some actually give up video games in favor of the challenge of chess, but that is the exception, not the rule.

all i have to say is A.D.D.(thanks to t.v.,video games,and the internet).