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'''Chess''' is an intellectually challenging, [[conservative]] [[board game|game]] of [[chivalry]] between two players.  Based purely on skill and merit without any element of chance, chess has long been one of the most popular games in the world, and today chess is played by upwards of 800 million people worldwide. Chess sharpens the mind, improves decision-making skills, helps overcome [[addiction]], drives out [[anxiety]], and builds character.  Promoters of chess include [[Benjamin Franklin]]<ref>https://phillybowtietours.wordpress.com/2017/02/08/benjamin-franklin-and-chess/</ref> and [[Thomas Jefferson]].

'''Chess''' is an intellectually challenging, [[conservative]] [[board game|game]] of [[chivalry]] between two players.  Based purely on skill and merit without any element of chance, chess has long been one of the most popular games in the world, and today chess is played by upwards of 800 million people worldwide. Chess sharpens the mind, improves decision-making skills, helps overcome [[addiction]], drives out [[anxiety]], and builds character.  Promoters of chess include [[Benjamin Franklin]]<ref>https://phillybowtietours.wordpress.com/2017/02/08/benjamin-franklin-and-chess/</ref> and [[Thomas Jefferson]].

Chess can be helpful in overcoming addictions to anything symbolic or numeric, including [[pornography]], [[gambling]], [[video games]], [[Unplug the NFL|televised football]], and the [[stock market]]. Chess fills the mind with a healthy activity while also reinforcing the consequences of bad decisions.<ref>https://chessimprover.com/chess-and-addiction/</ref>  Temerity is punished in chess, as is timorousness.

Chess can be helpful in overcoming addictions to anything symbolic or numeric, including [[pornography]], [[gambling]], [[video games]], [[Unplug the NFL|televised football]], and the [[stock market]]. Chess fills the mind with a healthy activity while also reinforcing the devastating consequences ("checkmate") of bad decisions.<ref>https://chessimprover.com/chess-and-addiction/</ref>  Temerity is punished in chess, as is timorousness.

Confounding [[feminists]], virtually all the best chess players are male, and only about 1% of the 1500 grandmasters are female.  Only three women have ever ranked in the top 100, and none has ever been world champion against men.  But females can benefit enormously from chess as males can.

Confounding [[feminists]], virtually all the best chess players are male, and only about 1% of the 1500 grandmasters are female.  Only three women have ever ranked in the top 100, and none has ever been world champion against men.  But females can benefit enormously from chess as males can.