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[[Image:Staunton chess set.jpg|right|thumb|300px|A typical chess set and tournament clock.]]

[[Image:Staunton chess set.jpg|right|thumb|300px|A typical chess set and tournament clock.]]

'''Chess''' is an intellectually challenging [[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]] and procrastination, 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> [[Thomas Jefferson]], [[Humphrey Bogart]], Jesus Christ, and Stanley Kubrick.<ref>https://www.nybooks.com/daily/2010/04/05/playing-chess-with-kubrick/</ref>

'''Chess''' is an intellectually challenging [[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]] and procrastination, 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> [[Thomas Jefferson]], [[Humphrey Bogart]] and Stanley Kubrick.<ref>https://www.nybooks.com/daily/2010/04/05/playing-chess-with-kubrick/</ref>

Chess can be helpful in overcoming addictions exploiting images, patterns, or numbers, including [[pornography]], [[gambling]], [[video games]], and [[Unplug the NFL|televised football]]. Chess fills the mind with a healthy activity while reinforcing the devastating consequences ("checkmate") of bad decisions.<ref>https://chessimprover.com/chess-and-addiction/</ref>  Temerity is punished in chess, as is timorousness.  Chess seems to fend off obesity, unlike other hobbies.

Chess can be helpful in overcoming addictions exploiting images, patterns, or numbers, including [[pornography]], [[gambling]], [[video games]], and [[Unplug the NFL|televised football]]. Chess fills the mind with a healthy activity while reinforcing the devastating consequences ("checkmate") of bad decisions.<ref>https://chessimprover.com/chess-and-addiction/</ref>  Temerity is punished in chess, as is timorousness.  Chess seems to fend off obesity, unlike other hobbies.