Making us less intelligent The idea that cleaner air leads to sharper thinking among chess players is consistent with growing evidence linking air quality to short-term cognitive performance. Analysis ...

Here's something else chess players need to keep in check: air pollution. That's the bottom line of a newly published study co-authored by an MIT researcher, showing that chess players perform ...

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 ...

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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 ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Humans are exposed to air pollution almost everywhere. The World Health Organization estimate that 99% of the world’s population ...