How well does chess exercise the brain?

Does the game Brain Age do a better job? On a scale of 1 to 10, what would you give chess in the areas of exercising cognition, critical thinking, memory, and other brain related things?

One more, for fun: what game exercises the brain the most?

Where can I find Brain Age ?   www.brain....   or something ? 

Oh, it's an Intendo game !    Forget those games, there are hundreds, all claiming to improve your brain.

This is like comparing apples with pears, chess is far more complicated to play, and has nothing to do with improving any brain... ( neither do the games, I think )

Both are nice to do, pending on your own wishes for spending your free time.

Answering your question : cognitive chess 8, games zero; critical chess 7, games 8; memory chess 8, games zero; pleasure chess 10, games 7 for a short time...

When a game is over, nothing is left, after chess you feel ... ( fill it in yourself...).

Memory and cognition are important in chess.

What is your opinion ?     Please !    Regards, Ger

It's a Nintendo video game

Brain Age: Train Your Brain in Minutes a Day is a fun, rewarding form of entertainment everyone can enjoy. Inspired by cutting-edge neuroscience, it's a full set of reading and mathematic exercises that stimulate the brain. At the start, you'll take a series of tests and get a score that determines how old your brain is. This is your "Brain Age" -- by performing daily exercises just minutes a day over weeks and months, the better you'll get and the lower your Brain Age will get.

For the Dutch readers : we have " Neurocampus  " !      I like it  ! 

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