I started playing chess again to improve my mental health. I even found a coach who is a therapist who uses his Chess coaching his therapy. I have been noticing a lot of connections between my struggles with the game and challenges in real life. Does anyone else sense those connections? Sidenote: I have skimmed a few articles about Chess improving intelligence. They focus on young people. I'm older. What do people think? Does getting better at Chess simply help you.... get better at Chess. Or can any skills transfer to the rest of your life?
Calming one's self down and reflecting on what's going on. Both sound good. If you revisit this thread I would be curious which games help you the most for that. Thanks