Should chess be considered a compulsory subject in school?

Bruh a fact if there r 40 students in a school at most 5 will choose chess

Truly saying chess not addictive but when u get ratings that's addictive or get members or ur followers rise or ur forum posts rise that's addictive for most chess is truly addictive for less

#3 So do you think they would be less likely to play during lessons if it was something they were forced to learn?

#5 Depends. If chess was forced but not really like forced, I would play. If chess was forced like a strict game with etiquette I would not play chess in class if that is the case.

Yep, nothing says you're having fun like the word "compulsory"!

Well chess should be a option but compulsory is just too forceful

Also chess is addictive because it's a very novel game eveytime being something new and above all it's so hyper competitive because it's a perfect knowledge game so if you lose you lose because of yourself

Next limitations probably should be applied in kid's chess:
1) know the dark side
2) strictly long 1h+ games (no bullet)
3) no lines/opening learning

1) Remember, second task of school is to create Human, while our roots and uncontrollable evolution memory is constantly draging to monkeys we were 10000+ years ago.
Human is person who is able to loss the game with dignity and respect.
Monkey is the one who rage-quits with 30 seconds on the timer or adds time to opponent when they win
80% of anonymous players rage-quit with 30 seconds. This is nature and dark side of chess which must be remembered when you teach kids with chess.
Bullet chess provokes such bechaviour much more than Classical.

2) Bullet chess not only does not develop creation, out-of-the box thinking (brain works associatively in fast games and is able to produce something new in like 15 mins), it just uses what player already learned. BEST side of chess is when you realise something completely new, which was all the time before you, but was out of your game paradigm (queen sacrifice, for example)

3) openings learning does not make a better player, is just takes memory space in brain which could be used for better knowledge; no point to fill kids with this useless in life knowledge

Most subjects in school (like math, science, history/geography, french, art, music, gym, health, and drama) are on a level of specific notability and usefulness, chess on its own isn't notable to have its own subject, and doesn't teach anything new that will make it deserve its own subject.