Benefits of chess?

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andaddplus

I saw a list of benefits of chess so I played 2 chess games per day as per daily dosage. 

But would the benefits appear if I keep losing chess? 

Just curious since I do not know whether the so called "benefits of chess" only applies if you are winning or not 

Here is a link FYR 

https://www.healthline.com/health/benefits-of-playing-chess#boosts-planning-skills

MarkGrubb

Benefits of losing include resiliance, humility, and perspective. What's not to like.

richard807

Say that to an opponent before a match. It will probably give you an edge. 

Erdbeerstrudel

every one who plays is a winner

ExoS83

With the way the matching system works, you should win about half your games once your rating stabilizes to what you really are. If you think about it, if you are an 800 player and you are matched with 700-900 level players, you ought to win about half the time.   I lost a lot initially and my rating fell but now I am playing people at my level.

I will also say there are good games and bad games.  A good game is where both sides really challenge the other and those games are really fun even if you lose.  (The bad games are when you blunder your queen 10 moves in frustrated.png

andaddplus
ExoS83 wrote:

With the way the matching system works, you should win about half your games once your rating stabilizes to what you really are. If you think about it, if you are an 800 player and you are matched with 700-900 level players, you ought to win about half the time.   I lost a lot initially and my rating fell but now I am playing people at my level.

I will also say there are good games and bad games.  A good game is where both sides really challenge the other and those games are really fun even if you lose.  (The bad games are when you blunder your queen 10 moves in ) 


well I hate losing so was it a waste of time?   For example I lost 2 games in the last 10 minutes. 

does that mean I'm too dumb to get the so call "benefits" from chess? 

andaddplus
MarkGrubb wrote:

Benefits of losing include resiliance, humility, and perspective. What's not to like.


I hate to lose, and I keep losing.   This does not benefit me, this give me anger issues

magipi
andaddplus wrote:
MarkGrubb wrote:

Benefits of losing include resiliance, humility, and perspective. What's not to like.


I hate to lose, and I keep losing.   This does not benefit me, this give me anger issues

You might try to get better then. The best way is to do tactics puzzles... and you've done zero of those.

EinZweiDreigon
MarkGrubb wrote:

Benefits of losing include resiliance, humility, and perspective. What's not to like.

I'm sorry, but that's just bs, there is no benefit to losing.

x-5107229194

If you don't want to lose, don't play anymore. You might find this video of GM Benjamin Finegold useful (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SbF1bRwxIWY) in which he explains how to improve and get better. Spoiler allert - the only way to get better IS to make mistakes, to lose and to blunder, to later work on and understand your errors, and then not do them again! I suggest you to change your perspective on this issue (it applies not only to chess, but to other daily life activities). View your opponent as a teacher who does you a big service by pointing out your faults and misjudgements! 

Iskayay
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KxKmate
The results of a game have nothing to do with the benefits of participating in the game from a health perspective.
Caffeineed

Effectively removes any sense of accomplishment and joy in your life.

JustinDenison

its fun and good for ur brain

andaddplus
magipi wrote:
andaddplus wrote:
MarkGrubb wrote:

Benefits of losing include resiliance, humility, and perspective. What's not to like.


I hate to lose, and I keep losing.   This does not benefit me, this give me anger issues

You might try to get better then. The best way is to do tactics puzzles... and you've done zero of those.

tried it never won, I will just keep playing hoping for some idiot to blunder hard 

theamazingone123

sounds like chess is for the genius instead of normies like us

DrSpudnik

I think the playing is supposed to confer some benefit. Whether you win or lose is something else.

Shrekt

it fun

snow

idk are there any benefits of playing chess?

SunGokuBr

Well you have a really decent winning percentage, so I assume you're only going through a bad streak. 

But well, going into the article you posted, losing is one of the things in chess that can reduce panic attacks and etc. As others already sair here, losing it's a lesson of humility and respect. To accept when things got out of  your control.

Also, losing will make you want to win more. And in your pursuit to win, you'll have to develop repertoire (working your memory), tactics/strategies (awareness of cause and effect) and other things... In general, the benefits are rather intangible, so it's difficult to quantify how much good chess is doing to you.