The benefits of prison chess clubs

Tuesday, September 11, 2018 - 09:10 in Psychology & Sociology

Chess is a cheap and tactical game, and is claimed to develop the part of the brain responsible for planning, judgement and self control, and even to help prevent dementia. So it's no wonder that thousands of prisoners in the UK are now part of chess clubs.

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