Comment by jjmarr
19 hours ago
presumably it's because the stressors of poverty forces one to think in the short-term, while Chess incentivizes long-term strategy.
If you learn not to take a pawn because 5 moves later you'll lose a bishop, maybe you won't take on credit card debt when 5 months later you owe 10% more in interest.
lol credit cards that's a million privilege steps ahead most children in the world do not have two hours to spend on their own education much less chess they work etc