I used to play competitive chess, but I haven't taught my son yet. I guess I should give it a shot and see if he is interested.
I agree that lots of people who are good in chess are GT. Lots of my teammates got accepted to prestigious universities and studied math, engineering, computer science and such. My department had lots of students with amazing chess skills. Not every mathematician is good in chess though. Dh is amazing as far as math goes, but he sucks in chess big time.
The bottom line is that I think chess competition can be a really good place to meet parents of GT kids. I guess I better start teaching my son chess then
LMom