Why play chess?
Forum members are invited to post here on reasons why they play chess, or why it is good to do so in general. Here's a wiki on chess as mental training:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chess_as_mental_training
Here's a link to a blog entry of mine, about 12 reasons I think that there are to play chess:
http://www.chesscanada.info/forum/en...-to-play-chess
Here's link to another blog entry of mine, about why I think chess is so popular among board games of skill:
http://www.chesscanada.info/forum/en...games-of-skill
Last edited by Kevin Pacey; 09-30-2018 at 10:04 PM.
Reason: Adding link
There are more things in heaven and earth, Horatio, than are dreamt of in your philosophy.
Hamlet (1.5.167-8), Hamlet to Horatio.