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Is Chess Bad for your Brain?
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Brain-freeze/paralysis can be pretty grim.
a doggie played too much chess,
Apr 12, 2013
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Chess brainfreeze can suddenly strike while you are in a tight endgame wondering whether it might be better if stalemate were not allowed.
This is why you should play drunk.
A serious enough question to risk a squirrel.
this is for Doc: and maybe this should be in the touch-piece thread,
only if you take ratings seriously
This is precisely why I spend the bulk of my time here in these forums as opposed to playing brain-cell-killing games.
Apr 13, 2013
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Many chess players also smoke, which can lead to brain and lung damage!
TheGrobe wrote:
This is precisely why I spend the bulk of my time here in these forums as opposed to playing brain-cell-killing games.
+1. Just say "no" to chess.
Apr 13, 2013
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Wow! Thanks, DrSpudnik for starting this obviously fascinating, instantly successful forum so quickly after I suggested it. About the fact that you took My idea -- well, I feel no resentment, no bitterness --- only a certain wistfulness, as I ask myself, "Oh, MIL, when will you stop hiding your light under a bushel? -- letting others grab the glory while you work quietly behind the scenes?"
Note*** As this demonstrates, chess is bad for the brain because it exacerbates competitive instincts, and leads to the habit of getting all worked up about absolutely nothing! (It's a good thing that I was such a well-balanced person before I started playing chess. That's why I took this whole issue so calmly.
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Chess not bad for brain. Brain not hurt really bad after chess. More chess is more good brain.
The idea has been floated out, and I think it may have merit.
It's pretty clear that chess is a stressful, irritating game that may wreck one's nerves or foster a feeling that others are out to get you.
Have YOU been ruined by chess?