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Or when, during the same event, a construction worker overheard him declaring: "I'm going to crush Nadjorf and Larsen! Petrosian doesn't stand a chance. Just wait until I get to play Spassky."<ref>[https://www.dispatch.com/story/lifestyle/2008/07/12/fischer-even-swam-as-if/23622675007/ Fischer even swam as if victory were only option]</ref>}}
 
Or when, during the same event, a construction worker overheard him declaring: "I'm going to crush Nadjorf and Larsen! Petrosian doesn't stand a chance. Just wait until I get to play Spassky."<ref>[https://www.dispatch.com/story/lifestyle/2008/07/12/fischer-even-swam-as-if/23622675007/ Fischer even swam as if victory were only option]</ref>}}
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== Journal articles on chess and increasing mental performance ==
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*[https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S0160289616301593 The relationship between cognitive ability and chess skill: A comprehensive meta-analysis], ''Intelligence'', Volume 59, November–December 2016, Pages 72-83
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*"So are chess players smarter? Several research teams have tried to find out by administering various cognitive tests. [https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/0963721411421922 Reviewing these studies in the journal Current Directions in Psychological Science in 2011], the psychologists Guillermo Campitelli and Fernand Gobet concluded that tournament chess players score higher on tests of intelligence than do comparable nonplayers." - ''Wall Street Journal'', 2016<ref>[https://archive.md/AaBlb#selection-4043.0-4043.28 Does Chess Make You Smarter?], ''Wall Street Journal'', 2016</ref>
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*[https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9028252/ A Study on the Correlation between Intelligence and Body Schema in Children Who Practice Chess at School], Children (Basel). 2022 Apr; 9(4): 477. Published online 2022 Mar 30. doi: 10.3390/children9040477
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*[https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S0191886915003852 ''Sex differences in chess performance: Analyzing participation rates, age, and practice in chess tournaments''] by Angel Blanch, Anton Aluja and Maria-Pau Cornadó, Personality and Individual Differences, Volume 86, November 2015, Pages 117-121
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*[https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10.1177/2158244015596050 ''Mathematical Problem-Solving Abilities and Chess: An Experimental Study on Young Pupils''] by Giovanni Sala, Alessandra Gorini, and Gabriella Pravettoni, ''SAGE'' Open 5(3), DOI:10.1177/2158244015596050
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*''[https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4715404/ Auditory memory function in expert chess players]'', ''Medical Journal of the Islamic Republic of Iran'', 2015; 29: 275.
    
== Chess and the role of memory ==
 
== Chess and the role of memory ==
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