Gains due to Chess

Do you think you are gaining something by playing chess? 

If so, What is that?

Mental Strength ? or

Physical Strength ? or

Spiritual Strength ? or something else ?

I get to hang with the cool kids

I am still learning to lose, I find it hard, but it gives you mental resiliance.

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Mental strength

I lose time that's much better spent on more productive things, like, almost anything else. 

Chess demands that you be alert, not wallowing in the comfort of false security.

A very clever player can lose if he loses alertness even for a moment.

64 years old, got on here to interest another old fogie to help his mental acuity, I've ended up becoming a stronger player and moving up, we'll see what happens in 10 or 20 years when I start moving down. Meanwhile, having a blast playing unlimited games with real people, something I've never gotten to do.

Nothing. 

The main idea is passion.

Some of us are too far deep to quit, so we are stuck.

There is no evidence suggesting that playing Chess helps the player to become better at anything other than chess. There are various myths and perpetuated claims that chess helps children succeed at other subjects, but this simply was never proven. This is a claim made usually by people who already have a favorable opinion about chess, and who want to get other people to play it.

When some people make claims about benefits of chess  are also sometimes the people who themselves may be spending a lot of time on chess and they want to validate their hobby when there is no basis for this validation.

I think one of the benefits of chess is mental sharpness, agility and memory. Training your mind to memorize a lot of openings and patterns helps you with memory. Some benefits can be found in Healthline in their article: https://www.healthline.com/health/benefits-of-playing-chess 

In continuation of the question, do you think playing chess helps in developing the following skills :

Self-Awareness

Self-Control

Art of Listening (i.e., paying attention to understanding the thoughts of the other player)

Conflict handling and resolution

Understanding, Cooperation and Empathy (respecting opponent feeling after beating him, making light of the situation)

In continuation of the question, do you think playing chess helps in developing the following skills :

Self-Awareness

Self-Control

Art of Listening (i.e., paying attention to understanding the thoughts of the other player)

Conflict handling and resolution

Understanding, Cooperation and Empathy (for example: respecting opponent feeling after beating

, making light of the situation)

In physics Noether's Theorem says every symmetrical situation leads to conservation of a quantity such as momentum, angular momentum, energy across time, and vice versa. 

In chess a symmetrical structure results in optimum performance.

Gaining!

After every game that you play, win or lose, do 25 push-ups. You gain physical and mental strength. 

People do not have gains when they play chess. People get gains when they hit the gym

But to properly answer the OP I would say I'm gaining the ability to lose my patience.

A few areas I find chess may indirectly help develop are: spatial intelligence, decision making, calculation, benefits vs. cost, risk vs. reward, analysis and planning.