How Chess Develops the Mind
A lot of people are snatch-and-grab, fast-paced types who love expediency and the thought of cruising to an easy victory. For this demographic, the game of checkers has long been a fun activity. With...
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Benefits of chess game
Chess is a great game that can be learned at any age. Chess is a very rare type of sport, in which a ten year old can beat a veteran with decades of experience under the belt. Many studies suggest...
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Psychology in chess: is it really there?
Even though some players believe psychology has nothing to do with chess, it is surely a big portion of the competition. A German Grandmaster Emanuel Lasker, who held a World Championship title for...
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Chess diet: eat or play?
Chess is a very complex sport requiring a player to be in great mental and physical shape in order to perform well in rough competition. Many factors influence player's performance, but food intake...
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Character Education with Chess: The King
Roumen Bezergianov is a therapist in Phoenix, Arizona. This is an excerpt of his book “Character Education with Chess”, where he describes how chess can be used by parents and educators to teach...
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Chess and the Aesthetic Experience
In his lecture “The Way of Art” Joseph Campbell reminds that James Joyce defined proper art as “static”—that is art which does not move you to desire, to loathe or to fear the object, but rather to be...
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Chess Rating ELO and IQ Score Correlation
Many people are curious if there is a correlation between one’s chess rating and IQ score. I did some information research, compiled facts and data and decided that it should be a good time to write an...
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7 Surprising Health Benefits of Playing Chess
Grandmaster and world chess champion Bobby Fischer is famously quoted as saying, “Chess is life.”But can this two-player game, consisting of a square checkered board and playing pieces that are moved...
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