Chess is highly regarded as an intelligent mans past time. It is played only by the nerd groups in high school with the highest GPAs and IQs. Then soon thereafter it looses sight of the common person and rarely is ever seen or talked about except when some movie highlights about chess and chess sets.
However, it is a sport with an International small group of followers. These geniuses spend their entire lives centered around chess and the many different ways you can best your opponent. What is so special about chess? That is a question that if people could see and realize would grasp a hold of. It would become part of the education system for sure.
Chess is a logical mind game that opens up new paths of thought and is especially beneficial to young children. Just imagine if your child could think objectively to solve a situation by plotting the pliable solutions and then choosing the best one for everyday situations? How much smarter would your child be? How many fights, incidents would be evaded because they have been put onto a higher plane of thought.
Chess can do that. It really is not just a nerds sport, since many video games entail similar purposes except they do not cause the person to think in that manner. Chess is more of an educated or elevated sport and thus takes a certain amount of respect. If people would think straight, politicians would have to be a little bit more honest.
If people would think straight, ignorance could be eradicated, and so forth. Things such as good education are the only tools to solving this. Therefore, next Christmas be sure to buy a chess set for your child and watch them grow. Cultivate their minds now while they have a chance to grow and learn, mold them to be our future and not our downfall.
