exactly
why would anyone play chess?

Chess is proved to increase IQ,and really activates people's minds,so Ultimate-trashtalker,your statement is not correct

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Wait, there’s money in chess?
If I was given a wish to be 0.1% successful in any field, I would not choose chess. How much does a bench warmer in the NBA make?

chess is just a boring game with a set of 32 pieces and 64 squares. What’s so fun about that? Chess.com is just a random mobile app game I found and I don’t understand why it has so many users. Why would anyone even play this dumb game?
Nice bait, OP

i feel like my cognitive ability has gotten worse since i first started playing. but that could be because of long term sleep deprivation
chess is just a boring game with a set of 32 pieces and 64 squares. What’s so fun about that? Chess.com is just a random mobile app game I found and I don’t understand why it has so many users. Why would anyone even play this dumb game?