does chess make you more attractive?
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someone told me knowing how to play chess make you more attractive. Keep in mind this was a male speaking to a female. so I suppose my precise question is do men find women who play chess more attractive? and if so why? this is just for fun so please do not be afraid to be 100% totally honest
Jun 20, 2023
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That'd be a funny trick. Playing a board game makes you more attractive? No offense to chess, but I don't see how that'd be lol.
Jun 20, 2023
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My girlfriend and I both play chess. I guess the only way it could be seen to make someone more attractive is that it’s associated with intelligence? And some people find intelligence attractive…
If someone is into any hobby, a prospective partner also being interested in it will generally make them more attractive. Beyond that, possibly if the guy thinks that being into chess implies certain other traits about you (intelligence, clear-headedness, patience, etc), then that could also make sense.
I doubt that it would be accurate to say that the majority of men would find a woman more attractive if they played chess.
Intelligence is attractive
Jun 20, 2023
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IanShawDulin wrote:
Lol. It's always cool when a girl plays chess.
yes
No. It may make you appear to be very intelligent to non Chess players.
Jun 20, 2023
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snoozyman wrote:
Intelligence is attractive
So we agree. Playing chess doesn't make someone more attractive.
No, less. Next question.
Jun 20, 2023
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Chessflyfisher wrote:
No. It may make you appear to be very intelligent to non Chess players.
Yes, because they don't know how badly we play.
Jun 20, 2023
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No, chess doesn't make someone more attractive. What might make someone more attractive would be showing their passion for an interest of theirs (like chess), or displaying their determination to keep trying to improve and compete at higher levels (like chess), or perhaps even revealing intelligence (which chess doesn't really do, but has the stereotype that "smart people play chess" https://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/SmartPeoplePlayChess ).
It isn't chess per se which is attractive, it is how someone interacts with the game which might be attractive (not to mention relatability if the other person shares an interest in chess too).
I play chess and I look like a cross between a cockroach and a mosquito the size of a pinky finger
so, no
