No. https://medium.com/message/why-chess-will-destroy-your-mind-78ad1034521f https://medium.com/message/why-chess-will-destroy-your-mind-... Nice piece about

No. https://medium.com/message/why-chess-will-destroy-your-mind-78ad1034521f https://medium.com/message/why-chess-will-destroy-your-mind-... Nice piece about "chess sickness" and Duchamp (and he created less art and became more consumed with Chess) that echoes this post: http://thepointmag.com/2014/examined-life/exiles-game http://thepointmag.com/2014/examined-life/exiles-game “Much of an exile’s life is taken up with compensating for disorienting loss by creating a new world to rule,” wrote Edward Said. “It is not surprising that so many exiles seem to be novelists [and] chess players.” Additionally, I don't see the connection to programming.