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10 reasons to play chess!

Hi friends! I have written an article about the reasons to play chess. We don't imagine the benefits to play this amazing sport!

Chess is a sport that helps you develop your concentration and improves your level of thinking. Because it doesn’t depend on age nor does it require retirement, this sport is played by people of all ages during the whole year. Here we leave you a list of reasons to play chess and the benefits it has for those who practice it. www.albertochueca.com/blog/10-reasons-to-play-chess-benefits/
@RegisLakrids I'm not totally convinced that these 10 reasons apply to any sport, but even if they do, it's still a list of 10 reasons to play chess.
@JunoCunerino
totally agree, I guess we all love chess here and we can only agree about the benefits we have from it :D

@Chillkroete77 concentration, coordination, strategy, optimisation of space and game options, learning and improving game sequencies, game intelligence.. Sports aren't only physical, they all demand mental activity (and I hate football :P )
Obviously, practicing any sport has lots of benefits and some of them could be shared. But many people don't recognize chess like a sport because the physical effort is more complicated to see it, but after when you talk with them about the mental abilities, they want to compare sports like football or basketball with chess :D and of course, they lose, there is no comparison in this part! :)

@RegisLakrids Then, probably many sports could share some features but not in the same percentage :) These ones are the main features of chess.
@AlbertoChueca

Exactly, not in the same percentage, but they are common to any sports or activities :)

Then again, if we want to go further, its very difficult to define "mental abilities" nor intelligence. It's not only about mathematics or logics. Could be music, languages and even football..... but iam sure we agree in that. :)

But don't missunderstand me, I liked your article :D
I think the greatest benefit is the intuition that one develops. Apply this to stressful situations, a chess like mindset can help quickly handle things without thinking, like when you play bullet and trust your senses over calculations. This makes things efficient.
Top 10 reasons you shouldn't write Listicles:

#10: False. Socialization is personality dependent. Sounds good to label chess as a "social" sport, but that's only if someone likes kibitzing, etc, and is naturally interactive.

#9: Chess is fun only for those who find it fun. Chess does, at times, often times, repeat itself (false statement; strawman). Especially in the vein of opening-theory, mid-game (shots, seeing patterns), and end-game (knowing how to execute checkmate with a given set of pieces). Because of the repetition, it cannot be claimed that chess is "fun" for everyone.

#8: Learning Level and Knowledge Level are not synonymous. Just because it might help one or other (for a given individual), does not mean it will directly impact improved performance in other walks of life. (Though, maybe, sometimes, for some people.)

#7: Leveraging a discipline purported to "improve learning level" may or may not have significant or measurable effects on "imagination" or "creativity." -- Again, it depends on the individual.

#6: Memory is a complex topic, but, mostly dictated by the hippocampus (brain structure). See #9 and #7 -- That Chess is "fun" and not "boring" because you have to follow "creative" or "imaginative" lines (strategies) to get an advantage. -- There is some truth to the fact that Chess may help in aiding memory function, but no more or less than other brain-games (i.e. Cross-Word Puzzles, Number Problems, Go, Shogi, etc.)

#5: Learned patience and concentration only depends, again, upon the individual preference(s) ... if someone prefers Blitz, Rapid, or other limited time-conrols, patience and concentration is not relevant. Thereabouts, it can be noted that some Masters often come into time-trouble, while others have great time-management.

#4: Playing chess does not directly implicate "practice" as habit. There are many chess players (i.e. myself) who are poor at studying the specifics, while enjoying playing independent of "study."

#3: Chess is an individual sport ... because #10 wasn't written to begin with. You use #10, attend chess clubs and matches to "socialize," and through this you will naturally become more "independent." -- And here's where writing listicles falls apart.

#2: Chess improves subjective knowledge. Is that like ... ESP? The whole premise of this paragraph makes absolutely no sense.

#1: The NUMERO-UNO reason for playing chess is that it helps develop logical thinking. Logical thinking, such as breaking down the various, disparate, spurious statements Listicle writers make illogically.

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