tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37675897.post2912484644953484913..comments2023-12-28T02:11:22.501+00:00Comments on The Streatham & Brixton Chess Blog: Simon saysTom Chivershttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09850710685193416732noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37675897.post-14726562153203988932010-09-20T14:35:12.450+01:002010-09-20T14:35:12.450+01:00Interesting programmes. A few things I didn't ...Interesting programmes. A few things I didn't particularly agree with<br />1. Chess can help you be healthy. How? The only thing I can imagine is that it gets you out of your house away from food. It may also get you so immersed in the game that you don't think about food (this seems a problem with diets- you think about food all day- you are bound to crave it). However in my experience, exercise and chess are rarely seen together. Also chess tends to have a strong beer connection.<br />2. Chess players aren't necessarily intelligent. I think the majority of them are in the conventional sense,let's face it, chess is a difficult game to get to grips with. However as one person pointed out they may be seriously lacking in social intelligence (and probably other forms of intelligence), which can be a real constraint on both quality of life and making money. <br />3. I think too much is made of computers "solving" chess. Good luck with remembering all the variations the computer tells you so that you can play the only winning move 1 b3 (R.I.P. Larsen) with 100% success. <br />AndrewAnonymousnoreply@blogger.com