>(i.e. by playing chess you will mostly improve your chess ELO)
I have found it to help with strategy, especially multi-round strategy. This is useful in business and other areas of life, not just chess ELO.
I have found it to help with strategy, especially multi-round strategy. This is useful in business and other areas of life, not just chess ELO.
What about Go, or Checkers, or Call of Duty, or...?
That's the issue. Yes sitting down and concentrating on difficult tasks for long periods of time is good exercise. So is jogging, which isn't sitting down. Or rowing. Or lifting weights. Or...
Chess probably has much less benefits than learning a musical instrument, for example.