A few countries, such as Armenia and Moldova, have actually legislated the teaching of chess in schools. As a result, thousands of players nowadays earn surprisingly good incomes teaching chess to children, whereas in the days before Deep Blue, only a few hundred players could truly make a living as professionals.
许多家长把下象棋视为脑残电子游戏的很好的替代品。亚美尼亚和摩尔多瓦等国还规定学校必须开设国际象棋课。结果，成千上万棋手如今出人意料地可以通过教小孩下棋获得很好的收入，而在“深蓝”诞生之前，只有几百人可以真正靠国际象棋为生。