Chess Benefits Debate
Discussions revolve around the enjoyment, cognitive benefits, drawbacks, and learning experiences of playing chess, often contrasting it with video games or other activities.
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How about chess?https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=25459731
Good suggestion. I already play chess and enjoy solving "tactics".
Chess is not some random online video game though
Not everyone plays chesss. This is a huge assumption here.
Chess doesn't have a narrative arc - unless I've been playing it wrong
Wouldn't you prefer a good game of chess?
Wouldn't you prefer a good game of chess?
Learning and playing chess is great for you, but probably only up to the point of being competitive.Mid/high level players to progress up are in large degree forced to study positions memorise lines etc. To large extend its a competitive memorisation game.This is natural step in high level chess, its like a precopmutated hash table, the more upfront work you can precomputate the less time you need to spend over the board on that move.I play chess for fun and as casual hobby, and i
Wrong. Source: played chess up to 2100 FIDE in my early teens, can't concentrate for shit 15 years later.
Yup. Just like being great at Chess just makes someone great at Chess, and not much more.I taught my kids to play Chess early on. My first-born was beating 12 year old's when he was 6. They had to move him up the age groupings. I insisted they keep moving him up until he lost. Knowing how to deal with losing is very important.In all cases I pulled my kids from competitive Chess after a few seasons and a good balance between winning and losing. Past a certain point, getting better