Did you know that Kasparov tried this ? He even wrote a book about it
Kara
...Psychologists have studied chess masters, and concluded that skills in chess don't translate to any increased life skills..
Kara..that may very possibly be what I read..it was some years ago..I was studying game design at the time, and felt lucky to stumble across a copy. I meant my post in jest, of course, but that part was factual, to the best of my recollection.
..they say that memory is the second thing to go..but I still can't remember what the first thing was.
Wyatt