Is Chess Really Good for Your Brain?

I tried to eat the winning pieces hoping my brain would find much needed nourishment.

Sorry, I have tried every way of eating every piece and even used the pieces outside and carried them with me whilst I trained. 

I do not see chess as a viable supplement for the brain.

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@ewbchessplayer I don't think it is a misconception that playing chess in a regular basis help improving heatlh and brain abilities. Several studies by scientifics shows that it is the case. I recommend you to do some reasearch with the help of google and you could judge by yourself.

Here is a links showing 7 scientifically proved benefits of playing chess: http://www.myfastbrain.com/seven-brain-benefits-of-playing-chess/

I've also found a couple of articles treating of the subject of the beneifts of chess that might interest you. They are in the bottom of this page:

http://funfacter.hubpages.com/hub/Health-Benefits-of-Chess

Hope this can help you finding answers,

Have a nice day.

Look what it did to Fischer's.  And Rubinstein's.  And Carlos Torre's.  And Raymond Weinstein's...

Fischer was crazy before he took up chess. Chess helped Rubinstein maintain stability after the psychological damage wrought by physical deprivation during war.

Here is a links showing 7 scientifically proved benefits of playing chess: http://www.myfastbrain.com/seven-brain-benefits-of-playing-chess/

Interesting what they say about  Alzheimer’s disease and schizophrenia. However I think that if you give these patients anything to keep them actively busy with they will improve....just sitting in a chair at a disorder centre will let anyone deteriorate....

Interesting that more men play chess and more men also have mental disorders :-)

Men generally have more responsibilities. In society much more is demanded of men. It's also that way in relationships. Men's life gets pretty stressful as they always have to see the broad picture and provide solutions in real time. 

I never heard that men have more mental disorders though... their lives are shorter on average, as they generally also take more risks. 

When I said "I'll second that" I was referring to this:

"Interesting what they say about  Alzheimer’s disease and schizophrenia. However I think that if you give these patients anything to keep them actively busy with they will improve....just sitting in a chair at a disorder centre will let anyone deteriorate...."

Chess is certainly better for your brain than South Park episodes.

Bridge provides much the same benefits, and much less headache.

Besides, I hear it's too easy to cheat at bridge, with the partners being in collusion.

Now that you mention that, I recall seeing a TV show, a long time ago about that subject. It was a fictional story but it rang true. It was about a couple who had a scam. They played Bridge with other couples for money. What they did is they had a verbal code. They would convey to each other what they had in their hand through the use of certain words. For example if one of them said, "It looks like rain," it meant he had a lot of spades in his hand. If he said "Our wedding anniversary is coming soon," it meant he had a lot of diamonds and so forth. Besides cards in general are easy to cheat at, we've all seen hundreds of old westerns where someone deals from the bottom of the deck and so forth.

Fischer was crazy before he took up chess. Chess helped Rubinstein maintain stability after the psychological damage wrought by physical deprivation during war.

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