A 125-year study of chess games suggests we don’t reach the… – AlKhaleej Today

There comes a time in every life when the brain and body peak before old age takes its toll. As muscle mass, strength, and function begin to deteriorate from the age of 30, new research on professional chess players suggests that the brain is actually aging more slowly and gradually.
The scientists analyzed chess games for 125 years and tracked individual performance over a lifetime. They drew a hump-shaped curve, a tiny little speed threshold that applies to different generations of chess players….

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