what is the benefit of playing chess

It gives your brain a workout, it's fun(for me), it makes you understand your mistakes and not make them in other games and then idk

Idk for others, but it calms my brain.

Its a sport that is NOT boring, like most sports are (to me, anyway).

You can just do it online, too, so theres no hardship to find others to play with you.

At my age (50+) it help keeping the brain healthy.

If you are really good, you can make a career out of it. Is that a benefit ? I dont know.

No, the bunny is the bunny, not "know what is the benefit of chess"

why are you here

Masochism

huh????

Chess is not a sport (see appropriate thread for explanation, argument and potential embarrassment.)

Yes chess is a sport.

If you make professional chessplayers wear heartbeat monitors, their heartbeats go up, often over 100, sometimes 130, in some cases up to 180.

People have died of stress playing chess.

And all top chessplayers are in good health. Otherwise they would not be able to stay fully concentrated for hours.

Get with the times man. Nobody reads but everybody has opinions.

TICCPROW

@cooloutac would have been proud of you

Procreation is then a sport?