Twenty Benefits of Playing Chess

Chess is a game for people of all ages. Age is not a factor. 

Chess develops memory skills in the young and preserves memory skills in the old.

Chess improves concentration. It develops the ability to focus on a task at hand.

Chess develops logical thinking. You practice building the correct step by step strategy.

Chess promotes your imagination and artistic skills. There is endless chances to think of something beautiful or wild – or both!

Chess teaches independence. You are forced to make decisions based on your own judgment and you live by the results of those decisions.

Chess develops the capability to look both ways before ‘crossing the street’.

Chess inspires self – motivation. It requires you to look for the best move and the best plan.

Chess shows that success rewards hard work. The harder you work the better your results. There is endless volumes of help, research and training to be found for people who search for it.

Chess teaches you to learn from your mistakes. Everyone will lose, but you will automatically learn to learn from those losses. Even the greatest players admit they learn much more from a single defeat, than they do from many victories.

Chess develops a scientific way of thinking. You must pour through endless possibilities.

Chess improves math skills. Calculating move combinations is the heart of chess.

Chess improves patience and willpower and nerves under pressure.

Chess strengthens your sportsmanship and ability to interact with other people.

Chess improves school work and grades. There are numerous studies that prove this.

Chess opens up the world to you. The game is played in every country on the planet.

Chess tournaments are open to players of every strength and level of play - and you never get 'knocked out'. Players play every single round.

Chess will bring you in contact with interesting people. Always carry a chess set and you will always have 33 friends – your 32 chessmen and your opponent!

Chess is cheap! Chess equipment is inexpensive and you can play on line for free!

Chess is fun! No standard game ever repeats itself and there are variations besides!