1. Playing chess at a young age can help develop advanced math and critical thinking skills.

Studies show that playing chess as a kid has a high positive correlation with academic achievement. In one study, researchers found that students who were taught how to play chess were more academically advanced overall, especially in math, spatial analysis and nonverbal reasoning ability.

2. Chess can shrink your brain — which is actually a good thing.

In a study where researchers scanned the brains of elite chess players, they found that these players actually had smaller brains than the non-elite players — and that’s not a bad thing. As Christian Jarrett writes in Wired, their research suggests that areas of brain shrinkage “can be a sign of neural efficiency and a reflection of behavioral expertise” as opposed to a negative result. Bigger is not always better.

READ ON HERE by Ellie Kaufman: How Chess Players’ Brains Are Different From Everybody Else’s    

PLAYING STRATEGIC BOARD GAMES LIKE CHESS GENERATES COMPUTATIONAL THINKING 

CHESS WILL SHRINK YOUR BRAIN NO KIDDING