SandyJames wrote:
I've been playing chess for all my life but I don't have a scale to measure the intelligence change or whatever.
but can you compare yourself to non-chess players and say that you have better memory, alertness etc than them?
How many of YOU saw improvements in your intelligence after playing chess?
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May 19, 2013
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#23
Helped me alot. If I see an old friend on the street and he asks me how've I been. I start calculating his motive, then I wonder if there's a trap in the question, then I start thinking of best reply, then if I find a good reply, I start thinking of an alternative better reply. Then I realise that was the best reply, then I realise the clock is ticking and I should reply quickly. Then I say I'm Good with bucketload of sweat.
But I think chess should grow the imagination part of the brain, especially blind chess.
Mikhail Tal (a chess genius by any measure), couldn't pack his own bags, he couldn't drive (he thought driving was a highly complicated skill)... and couldn't function beyond the chess board. Plenty of these chess geniuses could be borderline autistic people with great photographic memory and pattern recognition but would hardly be thought of as intelligent outside of the chess board.
I am not sure that I am smarter overall but I have noticed that it is a measure of how smart I am at a particular moment. There are times when you are not as smart as you normally are but it is tough to know that. If I get on tactics trainer when I first wake up, or something is on my mind distracting me, the results speak for themselves. I also notice tactics trainer puzzles "warm up" my mind. I perform better if I do a few puzzles before I play blitz games.
various people say that chess improves intelligence, some studies claiming that it helps dendrites grow etc..
this can be more effective if chess is played by the developing brain rather than say by a 50 year old.
chess develops the brain... so does playing a musical instrument, so does poker, bridge, so does creative writing, so does reading, so does learning a new language, so does painting, so does computer programming, so does algebra... chess may enhance certain skills but claiming that it is the epitome of cognitive functioning is taking the idea too far.
Kasparov's manager said the great champion wasn't "any better at financial management than the average Joe", especially given the fact that Kasparov has to weigh the cash being offered (for an exhibition for example) against optimizing his brand, repeat business and other subtle things financial managers have to take into consideration. So watch out about making too strong an argument about a specific skill set.
May 20, 2013
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#28
After I became a member of Chess.com, my Lumosity brain power score began to increase rapidly.
It could be just a happy coincidence though.
Sharrocks wrote:
kdnator wrote:
"How many of YOU saw improvements in your intelligence after playing chess?"
6,236,540,199 + 1,000,111,000 - 2,000,000 people.
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viper10091009 wrote:
Helped me alot. If I see an old friend on the street and he asks me how've I been. I start calculating his motive, then I wonder if there's a trap in the question, then I start thinking of best reply, then if I find a good reply, I start thinking of an alternative better reply. Then I realise that was the best reply, then I realise the clock is ticking and I should reply quickly. Then I say I'm Good with bucketload of sweat.
But I think chess should grow the imagination part of the brain, especially blind chess.
ROFLMAO
Chess itself has not done anything to help me intellectually in any way.
Studying and playing in tournaments has helped develop certain attitudes and habits that help in a school setting, but chess is not unique in offering these benefits. Chess itself is a very specific skill set. A very good chess player is very good at chess; that's all.
I was very intelligent before I played chess and I suck at chess so. . .
Of course it makes you more intelligent. Consider the following: proper chess entails thinking; thinking makes you better at thinking; therefore chess improves your thinking; improved thinking is the same as improved intelligence.
I now know never to sacrifice all of your pieces to a god (GM) so that they are pleased. Yes, my intelligence has improve.
May 20, 2013
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#35
Play enough chess and fermat's last theorem might be something one could tackle.
I didn't really notice a difference in my intelligence as much as I saw a difference in my puzzle-solving abilities, being able to solve sudoku puzzles faster, word finds, etc.
I was thinking more in school.
May 20, 2013
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#38
Well chess tends to foster reading. You need to read a lot of stuff before you actually gain improvement in your game. Improving one's intelligence requires reading as well.
it keeps my mind sharp. i say more clever stuff than before, and i medidate more than before.
Chess is a brain game. People interested in chess has an active mind. A mind that seeks stimulus to activate excitement. It is like gambling. It only improve your game skills but your IQ remains the same.
But wont playing chess improve other things that are used in playing the game?
like concentration or something like logical deduction?