I wish there was a study of games in general, with a focus on evaluating games of increasing complexity. Chess has been shown to increase IQ to a point (~2 IQ

I wish there was a study of games in general, with a focus on evaluating games of increasing complexity. Chess has been shown to increase IQ to a point (~2 IQ points). Studies show after about four months of playing chess, student's don't see further IQ gains. That is, the insights gained begin to trail off as expertise in that game increases. https://www.researchgate.net/publication/327337702_Chess_training_improves_cognition_in_children https://www.researchgate.net/publication/327337702_Chess_tra... I can't prove it, but it seems probably true that playing lots of different games of increasing complexity is a path to increasing IQ to whatever an individuals potential ceiling is.