The Brain Science of Chess

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  • @giancarlotubal5985
    @giancarlotubal5985 3 роки тому +440

    Im playing online chess to cope with my anxiety and panic attacks and i can see that it improves my confidence and sharpens my mind.playing chess is my hobby alongside reading

    • @achyuththouta6957
      @achyuththouta6957 3 роки тому +15

      Chess won't sharpen your brain. At most, it will make you pay more attention. Reading, however, is a lot more helpful.

    • @Bharat286
      @Bharat286 3 роки тому +29

      @@achyuththouta6957 It's all connected...

    • @hyzcagulada3559
      @hyzcagulada3559 3 роки тому +2

      @@achyuththouta6957 wth

    • @nassl6840
      @nassl6840 3 роки тому +1

      dude I know you but I am happy for you

    • @swolebodydaddy3816
      @swolebodydaddy3816 2 роки тому +7

      @@achyuththouta6957 Chess sharpens ur brain btw

  • @carlmarc3877
    @carlmarc3877 3 роки тому +195

    Btw this guy really knows how to keep you engaged…his body language, use of hands, and talking tempo is very professional and strategic

  • @2005WH
    @2005WH Рік тому +17

    Chess did make me socialize with people in school, I mean I wouldn’t really talk to anyone but I was so obsess with chess I was always looking for a challenged and ofc everyone I knew wasn’t a challenge, so I played other kids

  • @carlmarc3877
    @carlmarc3877 3 роки тому +76

    This was so interesting because I felt exactly what he meant at 02:50 a short while ago (I’ll say 1.5 months ago) but man chess has really changed my life and I am having that mental shift now to where I see moves before they happen, my intuition is stronger, my emotions are more in check, my stamina is strong, my way of attacking is refined, my general approach has gotten better…chess is one beautiful game
    To think I use to think this game was impossible to understand

    • @nz3794
      @nz3794 3 роки тому

      How long have you been playing chess?

    • @carlmarc3877
      @carlmarc3877 3 роки тому +2

      Dude I’ve been playing for about 10yrs but never took serious until this yr…I’m now seeing what the game is

    • @King-js7nw
      @King-js7nw 2 роки тому

      Bro chess is a very cringe game. Nothing to do with intelligence just how much you care to learn and how many games you’ve played

    • @mltard1140
      @mltard1140 2 роки тому +8

      @@King-js7nw you're just bad.

    • @AJ-jg7xf
      @AJ-jg7xf 2 роки тому

      the where i can see moves before they happened is true lol

  • @1doutlaw
    @1doutlaw 4 роки тому +17

    Wow this is a great UA-cam idea Gregory .. The idea has been discovered via MRI that the brain has two decision making systems . One is activated by stress and relies on neural pathways that are guided by chemical dumps of cortisol used to get us out of danger .The other is not affected by the chemical dump and has full access to all information. It takes more time at first to make a decision but as pattens of experience are repeated we can recall faster them faster in a concise concept that include several steps . I think we could use both systems based on repetitive experience called habits but it shows the cortisol blocks some pathways so the secret is to not be stressed or frightened

  • @matthewstein1997
    @matthewstein1997 4 роки тому +8

    I'm still convinced this is the most under rated channel of all time. Only thing I would add is the intro song is a little loud, I always blow my ear drums out on my headphones when the song plays lol

    • @BrainAcademy1
      @BrainAcademy1  4 роки тому +2

      Thanks for the feedback Matthew. I'll make sure to tell our editor.

  • @sluggy6074
    @sluggy6074 2 роки тому +13

    Completely correct on everything except -
    Their moves are fast due to time on their clock. In classical tournaments they'll have about an hour and a half or so on each clock and they always try to be economic about time spent on certain moves, taking a lot of time in critical situations and trying to have enough time reserved for a complex endgame. Simply, no matter how much you play this game will never be tic tac toe

  • @Ggjgff882
    @Ggjgff882 Рік тому +8

    Sometimes Is like a war and you feel the tension raising while playing

  • @bestunsaeed
    @bestunsaeed 12 днів тому

    Next Feb 6, I turn 35. and the day before that is the end of my second semester studying my MA after a 12-year gap with my BA. Until around 2,3 years ago, I still had a sharp brain playing with numbers and doing almost the impossible with them. Now, it seems I have lost most of my mental abilities and sharpness. Therefore, the only thing left for me to recourse to is chess. I will start it once I turn 35 and I am already sure I will do great as I have the potential and just have to awaken it.

  • @mariecambacomes3710
    @mariecambacomes3710 4 роки тому +22

    was just wondering why they are going to fast and you just confirmed my thoughts . I love playing chess, and I think it is the only game that I can stand. Obviously, not a fraction of all the expert.

  • @65stang98
    @65stang98 2 роки тому +7

    i may sound crazy but very rarely if i grind a strategic video game like maybe total war or crusader kings even a taqctical shooter like hell let loose where im moving troops to certain places to get an advantage etc i start doing it in my mind when im going to sleep in a day dream etc. and ive heard many people who play chess exp[erience the same thing

    • @eastcliffmusic
      @eastcliffmusic 6 місяців тому

      Yea me too and I found the term after many years “Tetris affect”

    • @bulldawgs456
      @bulldawgs456 Місяць тому

      hypnagogic hallucination a symptom of the Tetris Effect.

  • @konigsabby
    @konigsabby Місяць тому

    Chess is about calculating lines in a particular scenario and trying to find the best move for you and your opponent but yes as you start memorizing these lines you can play same moves but just a lot faster

  • @dalvadourador4170
    @dalvadourador4170 4 роки тому +9

    Congrats! I just loved you explanation!

  • @Guizambaldi
    @Guizambaldi 2 роки тому +6

    But it does look like slow thinking is what really matters against similar or higher level opponents. At that point what determines your win is the capability to figure out more moves ahead of the opponent.

    • @stephaniecurry45
      @stephaniecurry45 Рік тому

      True, it all depends on the activity. For a timed test for example it’s better to utilize fast thinking and as minimal slow thinking as possible irrespective of the test’s complexity

  • @Skoopyghost
    @Skoopyghost Місяць тому +1

    I have only been playing for 3 months. I notice my ADHD has improve a lot and anxiety is less.

  • @Whale721
    @Whale721 Рік тому +7

    Chess is beautiful and Cruel too

  • @Iearnwithme
    @Iearnwithme 4 місяці тому

    Great video, I feel one thing could have been added, in my opinion, only the opening of a game (the first set of moves following some sort of past tradition called 'theory') is fast thinking. As soon as one side doesn't know the theory it turns into slower thinking, it still holds the better you are the less slow it is as you recognise similar games in the past/ can easily recognise tactics. As humans bar a handful play no way near perfect it means everyone has to use the slow thinking in chess.

  • @nicbentulan
    @nicbentulan 2 роки тому +3

    1:45 oh wow thinking fast and slow! Haven't read it, but I know there's some relation to Nassim Nicholas Taleb's books!

    • @Guizambaldi
      @Guizambaldi 2 роки тому +1

      Very good book.

    • @nicbentulan
      @nicbentulan 2 роки тому +2

      @@Guizambaldi thanks. it's on my list. i haven't been reading much non-fiction or fiction lately because i've been too caught up in playing and following 9LX! Hahaha but definitely whenever i get to reading non-fiction or fiction, NNT and then thinking fast and slow and stuff are like my number 1 to read next. (i actually don't read fiction anymore.)

  • @ceejayarby1225
    @ceejayarby1225 2 роки тому +1

    I see the point being made here about how memorizing can allow automation to occur more efficiently. It makes me wonder though, if that develops beyond a certain point, then do opportunities for delight at surprising oneself with a new discovery grow less frequent?

  • @victoriavanwinkelen2923
    @victoriavanwinkelen2923 4 роки тому +4

    I have watched the series and it is amazing

  • @jesseskellington9427
    @jesseskellington9427 9 місяців тому

    Can you go more into MRI or brain scan studies on chess? I like to understand why chess is such a perfect game and that the brain cannot exceed its limitations into a different type of game? The more people try to explore outside its current parameters of chess only to find it to be an ineffective inefficient game... Resulting factor is none of those mutations stick.

  • @tailovecraft2240
    @tailovecraft2240 28 днів тому

    Playing online 15min chess on the city bus while having a random person sitting behind you congratulating you on a checkmate without you noticing that they were watching .

  • @coreyondavis6032
    @coreyondavis6032 7 місяців тому +1

    i love playing chess because it taught me patience, using brain power, see all angles and strategies

  • @charleshoward1591
    @charleshoward1591 10 місяців тому +2

    The speaker should tell us his FIDE rating

  • @gilashroot8697
    @gilashroot8697 8 місяців тому

    I did not understand 1 thing. Can someone please explain to me in very simple language: is moving slowly a good skill? It sounded like there was a contradiction. Once it sounded like a good thing, then it seemed at the end contradictory with the conclusion that it is a bad thing. The last sentence on the skill of moving slowly confused me.
    Thank you.

  • @terrencemilton5088
    @terrencemilton5088 11 місяців тому +2

    It's a game where you have to out think your opponent. The smarter players win.

  • @arzoo_singh
    @arzoo_singh 2 роки тому +1

    Chess is all about intelligence ,strategy .
    I say huge element of memory as in working memory and long term memory ?
    You might say what ?
    Counter me on that
    When AlphaGo beat chrss Grand master do you think its b cauae of high intelligence.
    No computer knows all possible ways and it stores it on its memory ....
    Its not purely analytical

  • @seanleechild
    @seanleechild 2 роки тому +2

    Can a new chess player reach fast thinking without going through slow thinking? or we all must go through slow thinking first to reach fast thinking?

  • @nimimerkillinen
    @nimimerkillinen 8 місяців тому

    idk about master using less brain, less brain for obvious moves maybe but when they compete you can see they are anguished often. they have multiple long line of scenarios going on in their brain all the time besides whats familiar

  • @stefika
    @stefika Рік тому

    What about brain and music playing compare with chess?

  • @jacklondon8385
    @jacklondon8385 Рік тому +1

    what do you think about the guy who played 48 games simultaneously whilst blindfolded over a 19 hr duration? this proves the unlimited power of the human brain.

  • @sidrixx
    @sidrixx 10 місяців тому

    After watched thus video, I realized that I always play Queen's gambit. Always, move pieces without thinking... 🙂 & I was wondering that how others think one move ahead im game...

  • @giseleanalistacorporal
    @giseleanalistacorporal 3 роки тому +1

    Hello. I like your videos so much. I'd just like to say that the audio is so low when you speak and loud in the movie scenes and in the vignette (I don't know if this noun is right). Thank you

    • @BrainAcademy1
      @BrainAcademy1  3 роки тому +2

      Thanks for the feedback. I know I have to work on the quality of the audio. I'm working on it.... ;)

  • @skyzane2735
    @skyzane2735 3 дні тому

    Why do Paul Morphy and Bobby Fischer have articles about mental health issues?

  • @nicbentulan
    @nicbentulan 2 роки тому +2

    2nd comment: After playing Chess960, I realise how mentally unwell chess players become the more they play it. They know they will get the same ideal setup every game and they deny the fact that they will mess it up unless they memorise some other geek's ideas. In Chess960 there is nothing to deny. You know you are going to get a far from ideal start position and you know it is up to you to make the best of it and you know you will be playing moves nobody has tried before.
    Which is better for your mental health?

  • @ehabibrahim2111
    @ehabibrahim2111 9 місяців тому

    great video

  • @2005WH
    @2005WH Рік тому +7

    I hate speed chess because it’s not much thinking, just going fast, it’s better to sit down and think of you’re moves thinking of all the possibilities then using you’re analysis to play the game knowing what advantages you’re enemy has and what advantage you have and how to deflect you’re enemy attack

    • @davidcopson5800
      @davidcopson5800 Рік тому

      *your

    • @weebershooter7151
      @weebershooter7151 4 місяці тому

      A little bit late but even though you're right, if you get good enough, you'll be able to think with such short amount of time

  • @pokerchannel6991
    @pokerchannel6991 Рік тому

    hi: is the game of go more of a brain science game? It requires more global thinking and bigger picture thinking, no? It only has two colored stones and that is the entirety of the game. Isn't that a more elegant game for brain sci?

  • @aljustiet
    @aljustiet Місяць тому

    True

  • @G1FREAKZ
    @G1FREAKZ 2 роки тому +2

    I played my friend that had 10 years experience in chess ,and he played fast and I played slow ,and I beat him in 3 months with no prior experience ,what does that mean 😳✌🇺🇸

    • @ishanparbhakar7150
      @ishanparbhakar7150 2 роки тому +2

      It means he is a lier.
      😂😂😂😂😂😂😂

    • @AwfuThings
      @AwfuThings 2 роки тому

      It means he's bad

    • @xyzer586
      @xyzer586 2 роки тому

      He is flexing

    • @michaelkendrick5470
      @michaelkendrick5470 9 місяців тому +1

      No u conquered what most die for. When playing chess. Most ppl live they whole life craving to beat the one who taught them or better experienced. Some die without ever having that chance the ones who do accomplish that is a joyful moment. Reason being u know that person/ have achieved the impossible. First time I beat my uncle who taught me I bragged on that shit for weeks. N my friends witnessed it. Haven't beat him since that was my only win. So I can't say I'm better than him. But my teacher was proud of me. Look at it in that way. Not better. Doesn't mean your teacher slack. He taught u well. Now the game is very interesting n beautiful. I can teach u how to move the piece but I can't teach u how to think. So lack of sleep, sleeping on your opponents wte the case maybe every dog has there day. No game the same n that's why it's beautiful n mind boggling once u learn the concept. I love the game I'm obsessed with it. Not trying to win or lose. More of let me see where the one I'm playing against is at up to my intelligence. Game of wits my friend

  • @saurabhyadav2304
    @saurabhyadav2304 4 роки тому +1

    How turn Brain towards study
    Please guide me,,,,,
    👌🏻👌🏻👌🏻👌🏻

    • @BrainAcademy1
      @BrainAcademy1  4 роки тому +1

      check out www.brainacademy.com . We have courses from procrastination to memory and focus. That should help :)

    • @saurabhyadav2304
      @saurabhyadav2304 4 роки тому +1

      @@BrainAcademy1 this is Free,,🧠🧠🧠🧠

  • @sureshchaudhari4465
    @sureshchaudhari4465 10 місяців тому

    my 7 year old is mad for chess he keeps bringing chess mat whenever i am free :)

  • @freeform7012
    @freeform7012 2 роки тому +2

    He's the kind if chess player who will make four or fives then cross his legs and uncross his legs

  • @najeebahmed2759
    @najeebahmed2759 3 роки тому +3

    Chess is very Therapeutic

  • @0xhhhhff
    @0xhhhhff 3 роки тому

    Such great content ❤️

  • @ceejayarby1225
    @ceejayarby1225 2 роки тому

    He sits on the right side more often apparently.

  • @Adv_Aks_CHARVAKA
    @Adv_Aks_CHARVAKA 2 роки тому +7

    Thanx to india.. for chess 🙏🏻

  • @EhabEbrahim
    @EhabEbrahim 2 роки тому

    I didn't know where to focus, the content or your legs.

  • @santi-sd9hy
    @santi-sd9hy 2 роки тому

    This isn't all true bcoz in classic chess games grand masters calculate hell lot before making a single move

  • @sangeethmohanan1107
    @sangeethmohanan1107 11 місяців тому +1

    Its just placebo effect 😢

  • @jonathanlangford4291
    @jonathanlangford4291 Місяць тому

    It’s strange how few women comment on Chess videos

  • @jayders1
    @jayders1 2 роки тому +1

    I love chess! ❤️

  • @StopFear
    @StopFear 2 роки тому

    The guy in the video keeps leaning toward and reclining back with every cut of the video

  • @psybranet
    @psybranet Рік тому

    Wow....the music disproportionately loud compared to the talking. Very jarring

  • @joeljose3948
    @joeljose3948 6 місяців тому

    Your Brain right now is using itself to understand and comprehend itself. A random shower thought 🤔

  • @InfiniteCuriosity1210
    @InfiniteCuriosity1210 2 роки тому

    Can someone tell why chess is male dominated?? I know there a few female exceptions but largely male dominated

    • @chafiqbantla1816
      @chafiqbantla1816 2 роки тому +1

      cause females in general are more social, thus Single Board games are very unattractive for them (in general)

    • @animefan7424
      @animefan7424 6 місяців тому

      Because men scare women away with their behaviour

    • @your_average_joe5781
      @your_average_joe5781 2 місяці тому

      There are various reasons but the thing I find most interesting is that women (as a group) can't perform at the same skill level as men at chess, and nobody has understood why (yet).
      Must be one of the many differences between men and women 🤔

  • @ksaALWAFi
    @ksaALWAFi 3 роки тому +3

    so is playing chess will make me smarter or what?

    • @vanillapillow5380
      @vanillapillow5380 3 роки тому +5

      it will make you better at chess mostly lol, just because you play chess, doesnt mean you magically get "smart", like others, chess is a game with rules , chess is just one of many other things that can make you use your brain to think actively.

    • @achyuththouta6957
      @achyuththouta6957 3 роки тому

      No it won't. Chess players themselves aren't smart. They just memorise a lot

    • @achyuththouta6957
      @achyuththouta6957 3 роки тому +4

      @@vanillapillow5380 it won't really make you think actively. It's a myth. I've played and studied chess for years. I know what I'm talking about. It's just a game that's full of memorisation of patterns, moves and positional ideas. You don't think. You don't think at all. You see a position and remember what you're supposed to do based on what you studied. To me , a person thinks when he is unfamiliar with something. A new chess player will think a lot. But an experienced player, will hardly think

    • @achyuththouta6957
      @achyuththouta6957 3 роки тому

      @Andy it won't

    • @bollocksbuffalo5421
      @bollocksbuffalo5421 3 роки тому +4

      Chess increase focus...that's for sure

  • @voLumez
    @voLumez 2 роки тому

    Good video, TERRIBLE AUDIO LEVELS.

  • @contentdiscuss
    @contentdiscuss 7 місяців тому

    but chess is bad for brain. i feel headeck after playing 3game of chess.

  • @chessforfunonly1586
    @chessforfunonly1586 6 місяців тому +1

    No disrespct, but this is the crudest and most wrong explanation of chess I have ever heard. Beth Harmon references don't do much of backing them up either.

  • @dionpr7432
    @dionpr7432 2 роки тому

    dope

  • @kolsanorsa6434
    @kolsanorsa6434 2 роки тому

    bullet chess player:

  • @bigfantrailers9975
    @bigfantrailers9975 5 місяців тому +1

    Chess is an overrated game. It's just memorization.

    • @your_average_joe5781
      @your_average_joe5781 2 місяці тому

      Perhaps, but it has a lot of history and many people from all over the world love the game. ♟️

  • @StopFear
    @StopFear 2 роки тому +5

    I don’t think the Queen’s Gambit is doing a very good thing by showing an unrealistic picture of chess. I think chess players and enthusiasts love to hop on the train and praise anything that romanticizes chess in any way because it validates their own spending of many hours on this game. I like to play chess online too, but it’s not a good thing for everybody. I think anybody who knows people who regularly play chess know that chess players are simply not very pleasant people. Either they don’t understand the social interactions or they argue about every random thing like contrarians who just like to argue. I also think chess players have problems with their psychiatric stability.

    • @crimsoncherrypicked5431
      @crimsoncherrypicked5431 2 роки тому

      LMFAOOOO

    • @your_average_joe5781
      @your_average_joe5781 2 місяці тому

      Actually you make great points. I have noticed similar things myself.
      Chess seems to become an obsession for certain people with intelligence but they spend far too much time on it which makes their life suffer in other areas. I would never want someone I love to be a chess professional.

  • @redouanekoceilaighouba8451
    @redouanekoceilaighouba8451 Рік тому +1

    Only in Netflix a women could beat a chess world champion

  • @micah5277
    @micah5277 2 роки тому +3

    WE BROKE GODS LAW. 2000 YEARS AGO, GOD PROVIDED A SAVIOR JESUS CHRIST WHO SUFFERED AND TOOK OUR PUNISHMENT ON THE CROSS. THE BIBLE SAYS IF WE DECLARE WITH OUT MOUTH JESUS IS LORD AND BELIEVE IN OUR HEART GOD RAISED HIM FROM THE DEAD YOU SHALL BE SAVED. Romans 10-9. GOD WILL FORGIVE YOUR SINS AND GRANT YOU EVERLASTING LIFE ALL BECAUSE OF WHAT JESUS DID ON THE CROSS

  • @Taki64Zx
    @Taki64Zx 2 роки тому

    All true lol

  • @Saddam-Abdulameer
    @Saddam-Abdulameer 4 роки тому

    The second view

  • @limitless1692
    @limitless1692 6 місяців тому

    DISLIKE
    Too much netfilx product shilling
    Too little about chess effects on the brain

  • @mohammadsalihassan6297
    @mohammadsalihassan6297 2 роки тому

    Fallacy

  • @masterofnone8400
    @masterofnone8400 2 роки тому +3

    It's misleading to imply that women can play chess

    • @davidcopson5800
      @davidcopson5800 Рік тому +4

      Judit Polgar.

    • @your_average_joe5781
      @your_average_joe5781 2 місяці тому

      Women can absolutely play, but not at the same level as men at the top for some reason. It's not understood yet why 🤔