Re: The social status of Go and Xiangqi

Josef Pieper <nemo@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> typed:
> "Jeff Nowakowski" <jeffno@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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> news:gffLi.84$pQ4.27@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
>> Josef Pieper wrote:
>>> There's a body of research that indicates that students improve
greatly
>>> academically when they study and play chess.
>>
>> Could you provide relevant links?  I'm skeptical of these claims.
>>
>> -Jeff
> Here are some links as a point of departure:
> http://main.uschess.org/content/view/7866/131/
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> http://www.quadcitychess.com/benefits_of_chess.html
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> Have a look at Maurice Ashley's "Chess For Success"
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http://www.amazon.com/Chess-Success-Using-Strengths-Children/dp/0767915682/ref=p
d_bbs_sr_1/103-4757952-9960663?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1191022003&sr=8-1
> especially pages 57-64 "Stats and Studies"
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>
http://vivisimo.com/search?tb=vivisimocom&query=academic+benefits+of+chess&x=0&y
=0
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> I'm not an expert in the matter.  I'm just aware that many in the US are
> claiming academic and social benefits for students who play chess
regularly.

Many also didn't realize the quantifiable academic and social benefits of
playing scrabble. Abstract strategy-games such as chess or go are not that
easily measured against any known benefits. Ask any parent which would
they
preferred their child be good at, scrabble or chess, during a social meet.

Which parent is the proudest?
A. My child is the national chess champion at age of 7
B. My child is the national scrabble champion at age of 7