Do chess skills translate to other areas of life?

Hello,

I'm learning the game and finding it enjoyable but i like to know that the time I spend is beneficial. Do the skills one develops playing chess help learning other things or better stilll, do they benefit other areas of life?

It has not been proven you will become more intelligent on other facets of your life if you're good in chess.

Not really.

i have learned empathy for my opponent humility from my opponent a better understanding of my strengths and weaknesses an ability to absorb facts and make judgements and act on them how to plan and execute plan can these attributes be crossed over to other areas in my life yes i believe so

I have found that the discipline of having to think several moves ahead has helped me in business and career and other situations, that is, until your planned steps go wrong. Also having a plan of attack and goals in mind and to be flexible when conditions change.

Chess is in fact linked with many positive outcomes (in a similar way to practicing IQ problems, or Sudoku). It provides good lessons of planning, discipline, and dropping ego. Incidentally, Benjamin Franklin has written a great essay, "On The Morals of Chess," which explains this sort of thing. Yet, chess represents a small arena in the grand scheme of life, and there are many many skills that must be picked up elsewhere. 

Well, at least Estragon's post proves that playing chess doesn't necessarily improves one's behaviour.

LOL insult him yet he is 1000 higher than you just lol

I have found that chess has massively informed my barbecueing ability. Learning that correct use of a fork involved attacking 2 pieces led me to load up my mouth with more than before.

This summer, I intend to apply skewering more imaginatively. Teriyaki style snail kebabs might be served up

absolutely 

btw talking of poker : i own everyone in it.

Well, except for Le Chiffre

are you sure?

I think Chess can help in other areas of life but not everyone will benefit. I applied for a job with IBM many years back & the 1^st interview included a 1 hour mechanical aptitude test. I was working hard to prepare for an upcoming tournament including some speed Chess to try & help me stay out of time trouble. My mechanical aptitude has always been good & sitting tests has never bothered me either. So I did the test, finished with 10 minutes to spare & had time to go over the paper again & correct 1 answer. It turned out I was the 1^st person in Australia to not only finish but to get a perfect score. I am sure my Chess training helped with that result.

Did I get the job ....... No!!! Another guy equaled my score later that day & they took the guy in the suit over the guy riding the Harley wearing jeans & a T-shirt. But they did call me up a month later & offer me a job & I worked for them for 3 months.

I don't see how learning better ways to use your brain as in Chess can fail to help you in other areas of life.

No, it's been long since I've seen the movie. But I remember Bond in a car with a heart failure.

Yes. he broke the rule that you can't make fun of someone if they're higher rated than you in chess. 

Well, chess is a fantastic way to keep your brain cells active plus it teaches you to deep-think.... during chess games! Real life is totally another "game": you can cope with it using your brain, but there are emotions and feelings and problems you cannot fix only with mind power. Life is full of irrational stuff, unlike chess, which is based on purely rational thought

Estragons points are valid if slightly abrasive a thick skin at times is needed when entering threads on chess.com . To oops i think IBM missed a golden opportunity in not hiring you sooner glad to hear they corrected their mistake

Chess develops many transferable skills, but there is no guarantee that they transfer. Research studies have been too few and too far between to demonstrate anything conclusively, but they have been suggestive. OTOH, there are notorious cases of players like Bobby Fischer, who demonstrate that, if anything, chess might stimulate the development of insanity.

The time that I wasted in high school studying chess openings contributed to my capacity for self-directed study, which may have been the most important skill needed to get an advanced degree in an almost entirely useless field of study. OTOH, maybe I had that skill before high school (a consequence of my parents depriving me of a television in my early childhood, and then placing severe restrictions on its use after my grandmother corrected their parenting decisions). 

The practice of carefully considering how others will react to your actions is helpful in chess and real life.

"Do chess skills translate to other areas of life?"

Yes - to getting beaten up on the playground.