10 BENEFITS of PLAYING CHESS

1. It can raise your IQ

2. It helps prevent Alzheimer's

3. It exercises both sides of the brain

4. It increases your creativity

5. It improves your memory

6. It increases problem-solving skills

7. It improves reading skills

8. It improves concentration

9. It grows dendrites

10. It teaches planning and foresight

In a German study , researchers showed chess experts and novices simple geometric shapes and chess positions and measured the subjects' reactions in identifying them. They expected to find the experts' left brains being much more active, but they did not expect the right hemisphere of the brain to do so as well. Their reaction times to the simple shapes were the same, but the experts were using both sides of their brains to more quickly respond to the chess position questions.

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