"Playing a game of Chess is thinking, making plans and also having a bit of fantasy."
(David Bronstein)
(Sub-champion of the World of chess in 1951)
Chess is a sport, an art, a science and a pastime. It is also known as the science game because it forces its cultivators to think, reason and develop strategies, in addition to helping us improve our memory, establishing a real challenge to our skills, abilities and ability; because it allows us to learn to think and make important decisions and project different solutions to problems that seem difficult to solve.
To play chess well, it is necessary to have a concentration power, be an excellent observer and exercise the ability to select, as well as all the faculties of human intelligence. We must never play at random, but use very sifisticated criteria and maintain a continuous training that allows us to be able to compare the infinite combinations offered by the board in each game.
When an individual manages to become a good chess player, he will surely be an excellent student and an excellent worker and successfully carry out all the activities that he develops day by day.
Chess as a sport demands a healthy mind and a healthy body. Chess as a game demands a capacity for reasoning, a very high IQ and also the passion that gives us that wonderful art.
And have you ever played chess? Have you enjoyed the benefits of chess?
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