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'''Chess benefits''' are immense.  This inexpensive mental competition which is played without dice or any element of chance has been a source of benefits for many centuries.  Here are a few examples:

'''Chess benefits''' are immense.  This inexpensive mental competition which is played without dice or any element of chance has been a source of benefits for many centuries.  Here are a few examples:

==Helps defeat substance abuse==

==Helps defeat substance abuse==

Many have commented, and even written scholarly papers about, the ability of [[chess]] to help individuals overcome substance abuse (for example, please read: [https://pdfs.semanticscholar.org/d382/acc8c704770af33bbc4524916a321be72bde.pdf Chess as a therapeutic medium in a substance abuse rehabilitation centre:A Narrative study] by Denise Frick (Submitted in partial fulfillment of the

Many have commented, and even written scholarly papers about, the ability of [[chess]] to help individuals overcome substance abuse (for example, please read: [https://pdfs.semanticscholar.org/d382/acc8c704770af33bbc4524916a321be72bde.pdf Chess as a therapeutic medium in a substance abuse rehabilitation centre:A Narrative study] by Denise Frick (Submitted in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the MA Counselling Psychology degree in the Faculty of Humanities, University of Pretoria) and [https://chessimprover.com/chess-and-addiction/ Chess addiction]).

requirements for the MA (Counselling Psychology) degree in the Faculty of Humanities, University of Pretoria) and [https://chessimprover.com/chess-and-addiction/ Chess addiction]).

Several reasons have been advanced for why:

Several reasons have been advanced for why: