Is chess useful for anything else than chess?

phishcake5 wrote:

Rael wrote:
<...> Welcome to <...> planet Earth

Edit:  Sorry Ben, but you really need to learn to pick your fights better;)

To complete the quote : [source - Woody Allen's film Mighty Aphrodite]

", thanks to a broken condom." ;)

NotKasparov wrote:

Well, the Soviets wanted to use chess to prove their intellectual superiority over the capitalists...

and they succeeded!

Benjie, I made a teeshirt for you! When you wear this, you'll never have to worry about being offended ever again!

Darth Vader Rules!!!!

and so do t-shirts.

:)

"Goodbye Major Cinnamon Bun, I will always remember your buttery goodness."

You guys should lighten up.

BenjaminGDelaCruz wrote:

EDIT: Sorry phishcakes, but I couldn't care less about how you think I should pick my fights.

 Fair enough.

Edit:  It's phishcake5 not phishcakes:)

I've found that chess is a fabulous social tool for meeting inebriated semi-cleansed people at the laundromat. You can also meet people who have freakishly overgrown fingernails. Good times!!

You can't mow the lawn with it, I know that.

I tried.  I put the little horseys out to see if they would graze it down.  They didn't do anything.  Three days.  Nothing.  I finally had to mow it.

And the Pawns, they don't do laundry, either.

And the Bishops, don't even get me started.  I thought they might at least rake leaves.  Nope.

Totally useless.

When i was in highschool, playing/studying chess helped me with my literature and grammer classes. Went from a C to a B+ grade. I applied the same high level principles in chess analysis to my studies and it worked well.

there's no question that it has helped me become a more analytical person, has increased my self confidence and is a good way to pass time.  so it is definitely useful for other aspects of life than the game itself. 

Josh Waitzkin's theory of "building the tension" has remarkable parallels to flirting...

Rael wrote:

Josh Waitzkin's theory of "building the tension" has remarkable parallels to flirting...

 Is that The Art of Learning your reading Rael?  If so how is it?  It's on my list of acorns to snatch up

The pattern-recognition skills we develop in playing chess are applicable to a wide range of fields. It should help with the concentration span as well. Also, being mocked for playing chess when you're a teenager prepares you for the harsh realities of life.

Ok, interesting comments, Luke and Rael, now how about the topic: chess!!!

Playing chess simply takes up the time we have while we are not doing anything useful or meaningful................like getting that degree in English

Getting that degree in English simply takes up the time we have while we are not doing anything useful or meaningful................like playing chess. 

Lol.

It's not a game, it's a whole way of thinking about anything you care to apply the principles of the game to.

I like playing Chess.