It depends on the person, but I'd say character and personality are what gets a person ahead in life. Chess players with good character succeed in life.
Many social misfits are drawn to chess. These people do not know how to succeed at life. Go to any chess club and look at the older chessplayers. Are they successful in society? For the most part no. Most are badly dressed men without a wife or girlfriend. They have low-paying, menial jobs and lack social skills.
I think it has for me. For example at work I have been able to solve problems others couldn't by thinking of them tactically. I go over what we can do and come up with ways to do things more efficently. So far I have come up with 3 solutions that have greatly increased production and accuracy in my department. The method of coming up with these solutions feels a lot like a tactics problem.
My best play arises from my own mistakes! Or sometimes, when I'm lucky, from my opponent's.
Of course chess is beneficial I. Many ways. Lol!!
No.
Chess isn't some self-help hippy crap.
It's a sublime game of strategy and tactics, of judgment, planning, timing, and execution that has fascinated players for several centuries. If that isn't enough for you, if we must all engage in your quest for self-improvement and play only with recycled materials, perhaps this isn't the game for you.
I hear poker is like that, though, and those guys always love to rap about sociology.
Good luck!
hmm? .chessmate, please explain the correlation between "hippy" and "self help crap"
I think Chess helped me with my Wordfeud boardvision 
Other than that it's mostly the other way around: Some of the skills in other areas help when you play Chess.
Ofc it does. Chess improves your visualising skills.
chess has the potential to help you in other areas of life. But you'll have to note that experience is key. Your ability to solve a problem in real life or excel in any dept will require experience. The difference btn being smart and being wise.
It depends on the person, but I'd say character and personality are what gets a person ahead in life. Chess players with good character succeed in life.
Many social misfits are drawn to chess. These people do not know how to succeed at life. Go to any chess club and look at the older chessplayers. Are they successful in society? For the most part no. Most are badly dressed men without a wife or girlfriend. They have low-paying, menial jobs and lack social skills.
oh ya?? and how about the "successful" individuals going about destroying the planet with their tarsand, fracking, nuclear disasters, ...shall i go on and on..okay..war machines, oh ya, chessmates ..how about the tons of poison, radioactive and otherwise dumped each day, by "successful individuals" .i much prefer people who stare at library walls because its cold outside, play chess rather than war, who use a minimun of our resources whatever the condition of their clothes .if you want to pick on a group of people...what the heck? isnt one of the beauties of chess is that is cuts across all social economic political etc arenas? .an eye opener for me was the day the sun and the chessboards came out on market street in san francisco along with the suits and streetpeople enjoying chess together .and please explain the correlation between "character" and "menial" jobs
It depends on the person, but I'd say character and personality are what gets a person ahead in life. Chess players with good character succeed in life.
Many social misfits are drawn to chess. These people do not know how to succeed at life. Go to any chess club and look at the older chessplayers. Are they successful in society? For the most part no. Most are badly dressed men without a wife or girlfriend. They have low-paying, menial jobs and lack social skills.
oh ya?? and how about the "successful" individuals going about destroying the planet with their tarsand, fracking, nuclear disasters, ...shall i go on and on..okay..war machines, oh ya, chessmates ..how about the tons of poison, radioactive and otherwise dumped each day, by "successful individuals" .i much prefer people who stare at library walls because its cold outside, play chess rather than war, who use a minimun of our resources whatever the condition of their clothes .if you want to pick on a group of people...what the heck? isnt one of the beauties of chess is that is cuts across all social economic political etc arenas? .an eye opener for me was the day the sun and the chessboards came out on market street in san francisco along with the suits and streetpeople enjoying chess together .and please explain the co-elation between "character" and "menial" jobs
Best. Comment. Ever.
It depends on the person, but I'd say character and personality are what gets a person ahead in life. Chess players with good character succeed in life.
Many social misfits are drawn to chess. These people do not know how to succeed at life. Go to any chess club and look at the older chessplayers. Are they successful in society? For the most part no. Most are badly dressed men without a wife or girlfriend. They have low-paying, menial jobs and lack social skills.
oh ya?? and how about the "successful" individuals going about destroying the planet with their tarsand, fracking, nuclear disasters, ...shall i go on and on..okay..war machines, oh ya, chessmates ..how about the tons of poison, radioactive and otherwise dumped each day, by "successful individuals" .i much prefer people who stare at library walls because its cold outside, play chess rather than war, who use a minimun of our resources whatever the condition of their clothes .if you want to pick on a group of people...what the heck? isnt one of the beauties of chess is that is cuts across all social economic political etc arenas? .an eye opener for me was the day the sun and the chessboards came out on market street in san francisco along with the suits and streetpeople enjoying chess together .and please explain the correlation between "character" and "menial" jobs
Evil. Pure evil. Nonetheless, some of them play chess, and they are supported by many others who play chess, too.
Yes they do. But not directly. While playing chess you train certain areas of the brain. This brain areas are developped in terms of synapse formation, density, pasticity etc. Other skills, that partly use the same areas of the brain are then benefiting from this indirectly. The closer the other life activity to chess, the higher the benefit. In general it also increases the brain health and reduces the risk of dementia, which is scientifically proven.
It depends on the person, but I'd say character and personality are what gets a person ahead in life. Chess players with good character succeed in life.
Many social misfits are drawn to chess. These people do not know how to succeed at life. Go to any chess club and look at the older chessplayers. Are they successful in society? For the most part no. Most are badly dressed men without a wife or girlfriend. They have low-paying, menial jobs and lack social skills.
oh ya?? and how about the "successful" individuals going about destroying the planet with their tarsand, fracking, nuclear disasters, ...shall i go on and on..okay..war machines, oh ya, chessmates ..how about the tons of poison, radioactive and otherwise dumped each day, by "successful individuals" .i much prefer people who stare at library walls because its cold outside, play chess rather than war, who use a minimun of our resources whatever the condition of their clothes .if you want to pick on a group of people...what the heck? isnt one of the beauties of chess is that is cuts across all social economic political etc arenas? .an eye opener for me was the day the sun and the chessboards came out on market street in san francisco along with the suits and streetpeople enjoying chess together .and please explain the correlation between "character" and "menial" jobs
I'm not sure why posted my quote before your comment. Your comments have nothing to do with my quote.
You may be interested in this article from Tuesday's San Francisco Chronicle about the former chess scene on Market Street.
http://www.sfgate.com/default/article/Endgame-S-F-police-shut-down-sidewalk-chess-4823376.php
It depends on the person, but I'd say character and personality are what gets a person ahead in life. Chess players with good character succeed in life.
Many social misfits are drawn to chess. These people do not know how to succeed at life. Go to any chess club and look at the older chessplayers. Are they successful in society? For the most part no. Most are badly dressed men without a wife or girlfriend. They have low-paying, menial jobs and lack social skills.
oh ya?? and how about the "successful" individuals going about destroying the planet with their tarsand, fracking, nuclear disasters, ...shall i go on and on..okay..war machines, oh ya, chessmates ..how about the tons of poison, radioactive and otherwise dumped each day, by "successful individuals" .i much prefer people who stare at library walls because its cold outside, play chess rather than war, who use a minimun of our resources whatever the condition of their clothes .if you want to pick on a group of people...what the heck? isnt one of the beauties of chess is that is cuts across all social economic political etc arenas? .an eye opener for me was the day the sun and the chessboards came out on market street in san francisco along with the suits and streetpeople enjoying chess together .and please explain the correlation between "character" and "menial" jobs
I'm not sure why posted my quote before your comment. Your comments have nothing to do with my quote.
You may be interested in this article from Tuesday's San Francisco Chronicle about the former chess scene on Market Street.
http://www.sfgate.com/default/article/Endgame-S-F-police-shut-down-sidewalk-chess-4823376.php
thankyou chessmate .yes it is an interesting article with picture .maybe they can cancel the pictured brother's foodstamps along with confiscating his chessboard...whats the connection or lack of between "menial job" like picking the apple you might be eating and "character"?
Premise 1 - learning how to fork with a knight doesn't give you the ability to eat twice as much each time you take your food with a fork
Premise 2 - Logic exists
Conclusion - Therefore, chess is useless
I recently created a thread very similar to this one, and having read through your comments here, they are... hardly any reassuring at all. I'd much rather have chess help me in other areas of life where I'm more likely to have substantial success.
"Do chess skills translate to other areas of life?"
Yes - to getting beaten up on the playground.
Very true, but when you poke a bully in the eye with the Bishop hidden in your hand it becomes a life changing experience