There is one Chinese man who has started training athletics at 86 and now after 10 years he is regularly winning the 200m sprints at his club. I saw him on TV but I don't remember his name (I didn't even understand it, to be correct).
I think he never played chess though.
About over a minute. Way faster than the rest.
Which reminds me of something.
"- Boooy, boooy, stand up so I can sit and take a rest!
- Grandma, have ya stood up so that ol' people can rest when ya were young?
- Yes, yes, that's mannerly!
- That's why ya legs r gettin tired."
"- Boooy, boooy, my brain is failing me!
- Grandma, have ya played chess when ya were young?"
I'm not saying that other activities won't give you similar results. But to say that the statement that "chess helps you deal with life" is false is incorrect. It does help you when you apply the principles and habits formed through chess study. The ability to get those same principles and habits elsewhere doesn't make the statement any less true. You both seem to have completely missed the point of the statement.
Um, no. We didn't miss anything. Perhaps you have.
Learning and playing chess may help one's brain, but you are describing a lifestyle. There are some ways playing chess is deconstructive (becoming addicted, developing a narrow-mindset where only chess matters). In these examples, playing the game hurts one's development.
hmmmm, that is taking it to the very extreme, maybe that does happen to a few but then better addicted to chess than to coke or smack, also taking it to the extreme. To me (nobody has to agree with it) people that think chess doesnt help making you better at dealing with life is incorrect because a better developed brain will always help you more, whether you realise it or not, it just goes automatically. Every subject you learn will help in some way and chess is a big one.
There is one Chinese man who has started training athletics at '86 and now after 10 years he is regularly winning the 200m sprints at his club. I saw him on TV but I don't remember his name (I didn't even understand it, to be correct).
I think he never played chess though.
Fixed.
Yeah, Jordan made me laugh too. 
It is known to me (but I'm not telling).
Typo?
Chess is Food for your Brain.
(F key right beside that G!)
Yes, but food is harmful to the body (oxidization and stuff), so in such a case chess should be harmful too.
chess is not harmful instead it sharpens brain but as u know "excess of everything is bad" playing chess too much can lead to mental problems as history of some grandmasters speak
Maybe they had brain problems before starting to play chess and tried to use it as a remedy. Who knows, maybe they've also been told chess is good for the brain.
Actually, chess or any game that requires concentration is supposed to be good for the brain in the same way any challenging mental activity is supposed to delay or stop the onset of dementia. Sudoko, puzzles of all kinds, doing math problems etc. will all have the same benefit as long as you put a true mental effort into it. At least according to research. There's nothing magic about chess it's self.
Yes. Look what happened to Bobby Fischer after he stopped playing chess!!
At least according to research.
Well, there's your problem right there...
At least according to research. There's nothing magic about chess it's self.
Show us the research, please!
355 At Any Given Moment: 79,000,000 people are engaged in intercourse right now. 58,000,000 are kissing 37,000,000 are relaxing after having sex. 1 lonely bugger is reading this;. You hang in there sunshine!
Chess is a mental workout.
355 At Any Given Moment: 79,000,000 people are engaged in intercourse right now. 58,000,000 are kissing 37,000,000 are relaxing after having sex. 1 lonely bugger is reading this;. You hang in there sunshine!
lol...now that's what I call research.
There is evidence that shows that people that play chess everyday for 100
years live to an old age.