As Double Rooks sees it, Edgerton's idea echoes the sentiments expertly expressed by former World Chess Champion Garry Kasparov in his book, How Life Imitates Chess. But, in any case, there now exists an overwhelming body of research which clearly indicates the benefits that chess can confer in enhancing the capacity for critical thinking, particularly among young people. One significant study, conducted by Philip Rifner in 1991-1992 among middle school students in the USA, showed that problem solving skills learned in one domain (chess) could be applied in another domain "if teaching for transfer is an instructional goal." Edgerton's initiative, then, is clearly on the right track. But the royal game has vital lessons not only for competitors in other sports but for life as a whole. That is why Double Rooks has appealed repeatedly for a national chess-in-schools programme and why he has supported the T&T Chess Foundation's efforts to propagate the game among the country's children.