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Alzheimer was first described and named after a German Psychiatrist in 1906. He presented the pathological findings on a brain of a 56 years old woman who died after a progressive Dementia.

Alzheimer’s Disease is the most common cause of Dementia. Alzheimer is a chronic neurodegenerative  disease, the symptoms are generally mild to start with, but they get worse over time and start to interfere with daily life. Alzheimer’s is a progressive disease. This means that gradually, over time, more parts of the brain are damaged. As this happens, more symptoms develop. They also become more severe.

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For most people with Alzheimer’s, the earliest symptoms are memory lapses. In particular, they may have difficulty recalling recent events and learning new information. As the disease advances, symptoms can include problems with language, disorientation, mood swings, loss of motivation, not managing self care and behavioral issues. Patients may become anxious, irritable or depressed. Many people become withdrawn and lose interest in activities and hobbies. As a person’s condition declines, they often withdraw from family and society. Gradually, bodily functions are lost, ultimately leading to death.

It is a very serious problem but some steps can be taken to prevent the Alzheimer’s disease. Research has found that keeping the brain active seems to increase its vitality and may build its reserves of brain cells and connections. You could even generate new brain cells. According to latest research elderly people who regularly read or play mentally challenging games are 2 ½ times less likely to suffer from this memory disease. Chess is the best option to keep the brain working.

Cure for Alzheimer’s disease – Chess

The emergence of mind sports as a tool to reduce our risk of Alzheimer’s is based on using and exercising all six cognitive areas of the brain and continuing the program over a period of time. These six cognitive areas are:

  1. Visual-spatial
  2. Executive function
  3. Verbal fluency
  4. Memory
  5. Attention
  6. Orientation

Chess touches every one of those areas. Chess is in fact a particularly good brain builder! It is an easy game to learn and takes little time to practice. Playing chess can stimulate our minds, increase our social interactions with others and possibly reduce stress. Staying cognitively active through mentally stimulating activities such as playing games are linked to keeping the mind sharp. An analysis demonstrated those that played only games reduced their risk of Alzheimer by 75% and those that played musical instruments reduced theirs by 64%. Crossword puzzle enthusiasts get a 38% lowered risk.

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We all know that games can be fun and challenging, but if we are interested in actually maintaining brain fitness, then chess stimulates all the areas of brain and is endlessly fascinating. The game lends itself to a variety of complexities from various patterns to complex calculations that stimulate players’ brains.  Though there is no scientific evidence showing that games can prevent Alzheimer’s, it is suggested that stimulating the mind on a regular basis is beneficial to delay onset of this disease and slow down its progression and moreover there is no harm in learning such an interesting game like chess.

So keep playing and enjoying the beautiful game ‘’chess’’ and keep this disease at the bay.

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