Re: The social status of Go and Xiangqi

Dirt At Your Face <HandfulOfDirt@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> typed:
> Josef Pieper <nemo@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> typed:
>> "Jeff Nowakowski" <jeffno@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote in message
>> 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/
>>
>> http://www.quadcitychess.com/benefits_of_chess.html
>>
>> 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
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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

....and the child who became national scrabble champion later proceed to
play and
study go. LOL