There is a continuing argument on whether there is really a brain connection in playing chess or none. It is even believed that the more inter-connection individuals have like playing chess, the healthier or more proficiently the brains can function.

Basically, chess is known as a combat on the board. It is said to be one of the nine greatest intelligences that can influence a person’s ability, character and personality.

But, how does the brain connects with chess?

The first task that the brain finds the moment it sees pieces of chess is the perceptive of what those pieces are and how they function. As one sees a particular chess board with its pieces on, there is a total uncertainty and the brain might indicate the person to quit. However, the person ends up connecting these chess pieces with their proper place on the board and how those pieces must be in motion.

This is made as the eye records indication about the place of every piece and its association to each other. The newly recognized visual indications are transmitted to the brain, which tries to create logic of the board and its pieces by means of neuron connections. The connections utilized past memories and experiences, seen as related to that on the board, to facilitate the person in understanding the position of each particular piece on the chessboard. Hence, a person instinctively is capable to connect a piece from the others.

Moreover, to study how each piece moves, a person should connect these pieces or symbols to a specific change in the position. Accordingly, the brain utilizes supplementary neurons, already associated with the first neuron connections utilized to recognize the primary position of each piece, to relate with experiences and memories that concerned associating symbols with purposes (e.g. waving of hand which might mean farewell or greeting). Therefore, the brain has the ability to associate the functions of each piece of the chessboard. Lastly, the brain associates the functions with the primary position of each chess piece. Thus, without really paying consideration to each symbol that represents the position or alteration in position, the brain is capable to associate first position by simply with the changes in position. When a person knows how to alter the positions of each piece, recent neuron connections associate with the past neuron connections used for the primary alteration in the position of each chess piece. Therefore, a person is able to connect newest positions with related changes in the position.

With playing chess visuals on the board is not really necessary. The brain has created sufficient connections to initiate the visual-spatial relations of each piece and its related function. The brain can now try to associate the function of each piece and focus it on various positional places recognized by the memory. Hence, the brain has the ability to make combinations that include more than a single piece so as to make a goal that centers on specific positions on the chessboard.  This is particularly how players ultimately train themselves. They start to create connections that will let them to sensibly view their combinations and reactions to the said combinations.  This is all performed using the brain and not really on the board.

Now, perhaps you understand why blind people love to play chess. It’s because everything is done in the mind, you don’t actually need an eye to learn chess and master it. The brain takes it over and changes the pieces in their directly related moves or functions and associates each of the pieces to get one sure goal- to finally attain checkmate!

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