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11th December 2008, 01:53am
#1
by iwi20
Amarillo United States
Member Since: Aug 2007
Member Points: 261
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11th December 2008, 02:35am
#2
by aadaam
United Kingdom
Member Since: Oct 2008
Member Points: 546

When ANYTHING (chess,tennis, guitar playing) is taken to an extremely high level it could be said to be building spiritual strength as well as mental (I wouldn't say so though). Whether it does or not, chess is no different from anything else in this respect.

11th December 2008, 04:09am
#3
by rich
United Kingdom
Member Since: Jul 2007
Member Points: 27854

I don't know really ir gets your mind fit, "gets you on the ball"

11th December 2008, 04:31am
#4
by xMenace
Rothesay, NB Canada
Member Since: Aug 2008
Member Points: 846
iwi20 wrote:

i believe that chess builds spiritual strength as well as mental.. what are your thoughts?


Only when you learn not to cheat, abuse vacation, and play out lost games ... grasshoppa.

11th December 2008, 08:01am
#5
by Sconsc
Romania
Member Since: Oct 2008
Member Points: 279

There's no such thing as spiritual strength.

11th December 2008, 12:54pm
#6
by rich
United Kingdom
Member Since: Jul 2007
Member Points: 27854

My power is in my hair.

11th December 2008, 01:08pm
#7
by Gin7
Federal District Argentina
Member Since: Oct 2008
Member Points: 78
rich wrote:

My power is in my hair.


HAAHHAHAH nice one =P.

there's no such thing as spiritual strength, I agree there with sconsc.. And chess does open the mind: intelligence, patterns recognition and stuff.

11th December 2008, 02:39pm
#8
by rich
United Kingdom
Member Since: Jul 2007
Member Points: 27854

Like Samson.

8th April 2010, 09:06pm
#9
by orangehonda
United States
Member Since: Jan 2009
Member Points: 4879

Also when one Becomes deeply Spiritual you will experience the effect of Random Capitalization of words as you Type.

8th April 2010, 11:59pm
#10
by padman
Sydney Australia
Member Since: Dec 2008
Member Points: 1831

I find that eating some lentils and spicy corn does energize some chess doshas that improve tactical ability. If you're having problems with chess strategy, try some chick-peas or sweet corn.

9th April 2010, 12:01am
#11
by A-232
Belgium
Member Since: Aug 2009
Member Points: 65
orangehonda wrote:

Also when one Becomes deeply Spiritual you will experience the affect of Random Capitalization of words as you Type.


This made my day.

22nd June 2010, 10:43am
#12
by dystopian1
X Canada
Member Since: May 2010
Member Points: 11846

The aNalytical sKills required to play chess wEll, also promoTes Paranoia.

22nd June 2010, 10:47am
#13
by kid_of_chess
Ottawa,Ontario Canada
Member Since: May 2008
Member Points: 7426

...

...

come on

wait for it...

aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa

thErE!!!

wOOhOo

I goT sPIriTual sTREngth!

22nd June 2010, 02:07pm
#14
by iwi20
Amarillo United States
Member Since: Aug 2007
Member Points: 261
kid_of_chess wrote:

...

...

come on

wait for it...

aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa

thErE!!!

wOOhOo

I goT sPIriTual sTREngth!


good! it's a good thing to have kid

22nd June 2010, 02:30pm
#15
by FlowerFlowers
United States
Member Since: Mar 2010
Member Points: 1097

I can see how chess improves mental strength ..I guess, but how does it improve your spiritual strength iwi?

22nd June 2010, 02:52pm
#16
by trigs
Hamilton Canada
Member Since: Aug 2008
Member Points: 2076

i don't know what spiritual strength means. unless it has something to do with religion and religious belief. if yes, then no chess doesn't build spiritual strength at all.

23rd June 2010, 02:09am
#17
by WGM Natalia_Pogonina
Saratov Russia
Member Since: Jul 2009
Member Points: 2236

I also believe that Smile

24th June 2010, 04:42pm
#18
by iwi20
Amarillo United States
Member Since: Aug 2007
Member Points: 261

a lot of you have really good insight. i don't know what i was thinking spiritual strength is since it was posted in Aug. 2007.

now, i believe chess makes you take too long deciding things! lol

it gives you strengths and weaknesses

 

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