Charlie S. Wins 2024 Senior Title! - And Why Do We Play Chess?

 

The Livingston County Chess Club meets every Monday night between

4pm and 10pm

at the Buffalo Wild Wings in the Green Oak Mall in Brighton, MI. 

Stop in for some friendly chess, good food and 'refreshments'.

Everyone of all ages and playing strength are welcome to attend. And free lessons to all beginners!

LCCC News!

The Michigan Senior Open was held on the weekend of April 13^th and 14^th of 2024. The LCCC had three representatives in that Tournament.

Our own Charlie Shoulders won the Novice Section with a perfect 4 – 0 record! 

Congratulations to Charlie.

The LCCC seems to have a lock on that tournament division as our own Paul Mills and Jeff Solski won the same division last year. 

Next year, the Three-peat!

So Why Do We Play Chess?

In 1938, a Vienna professor of psychology finished research into 500 different games and pastimes. He wanted to discover which one was the best at taking away the stress of life.

He found it in chess!

What was the reason for this discovery? Chess is unquestionably considered to be a game requiring mental activity to a degree claimed by no other game.  Yet it is found to be the best game for recreation, for physical and mental workers alike.

Chess may very well be the finest creation of the human mind. It combines the exactness of mathematical science with the intuition of art in a perfection no other human activity has.

The love for chess by those who play it may be looked at for the following reasons:

-      We like to solve problems: The expectation of being able to show our capacity for fulfilling a certain task gives us great satisfaction.

-      We like to start something and finish it ourselves: Every chess game is like a piece of art. It is unique and will never be duplicated again.

-      We like the mental absorption: Every chess players knows the amount of concentration necessary for a game to be good. Playing chess gives no room for other thoughts and you can get lost into this new world of 64 squares and no other world exists for a while.

-      We love adventure; The thirst for adventure inherent in every human sole can be fully satisfied on the chessboard without any serious consequences.