As a chess player, I am concern of the impact of chess to the people. As a result, I have come up with a problem which maybe a bit funny but if you really are a chess player then I challenge you to answer my question: WHAT ARE THE BENEFITS IN PLAYING CHESS?? hope you could help me solving my pronlem.

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i would say helps you to view everyday day life situations in a different way, you naturally way up the pro's and con's of decisions which you are about to make just the same as you would before moving a piece. Thus coming up with various options and choosing the best one.

Ive read it improves problem solving capabilities and mathematics aswell. 

The only negative is getting caught playing chess at work when you should be working.. lol and maybe those with obsessive or addictive personalities might spend there saturday night playing chess online instead of with their friends or meeting the potential love of their lives.. 

Here's an interesting link to some research on Benefits of Chess:

http://www.quadcitychess.com/benefits_of_chess.html

thank you phdezra i will go on to this site.!!!!!!!!!!

yeah not get caught playing chess at work! Hard hard! :)

Here's some reading material for you...

http://www.sciam.com/article.cfm?id=the-expert-mind&ref=sciam

http://www.gardinerchess.com/publications/Dauvergne.htm

http://www.quadcitychess.com/benefits_of_chess.html

http://mysite.verizon.net/kaech/benefits.html

http://edutechchess.com/whychess.html

http://www.okschess.org/starting/benefits/

Some of these summaries reference the same studies. I actually have much (MUCH) more than this, but you'll get the idea pretty quickly. It just so happens I'm researching this very topic for the purpose of making a proposal to the local primary/secondary school. We need chess in schools.

The benefit is the same as any hobby that a person elects to do.

You ski, play golf or whatever, you enjoy it.

Different and additional to some of the other hobbies, chess develops your reasonning and even your creative side of the brain if you do not respond to a move illico but rather a day later.

During your sleep you may come up with a very good combination.

Chess is about what you get out of it!

I agree with Paul. Chess is fun. As a sport, it can build character and discipline the mind, and esthetically it can be very pleasing. It can also be damned frustrating, I find.