In chess, faster decisions are on average of higher quality. This is the conclusion of a study that has just been published in the journal Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. The team of ...

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Humans are exposed to air pollution almost everywhere. The World Health Organization estimate that 99% of the world’s population breathe in polluted air each day. Chess players competing indoors are ...

Faster decisions in professional chess yield higher quality results, showing that overthinking hinders intuitive success.

Here’s a new excuse for blundering your queen: MIT researchers found that chess players perform worse when the air quality is bad. A new study published on Jan. 26 in the journal Management Science ...

Chess players perform worse in cities and urban areas where air pollution is high, a study has found. Research carried out by the Maastricht University School of Business and Economics in Netherlands ...

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