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The Impact of Chess on an Individual

By Warren Wang

Chess/Leadership

Social-Emotional Benefits

  • Enhances creativity

- chess player asks q. to himself

  • Teaches valuing

  • Helps with entrepreneurship

- first/second mover advantage

  • Chess students displayed higher emotional stability

  • Self-Confidence

Cognitive Benefits

Moderate to Significant Increases in....

  • Visuospatial ability

- Visuospatial ability - IQ?

  • Mentalization

- Blindfold chess

  • Intellectual competence

  • Positive effect on brain

Statistics

Chess has been known to increase an individual's competence in various aspects: such as intelligence, social-emotional ability, and leadership abilities.

Why I chose the Topic

I chose this topic for obvious reasons, as many

people know, I am an avid chess player and chess is one of my major hobbies. Many education experts also advocate for the mandatory teaching of chess in primary schools in order to boost a child's academic success, I was interested to see whether or not chess actually benefited an individual.

(I also needed to prove that I am intellectually superior...... kidding)

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