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This article about chess in prisons might be of interest to anyone promoting the social effects of chess.

https://www.bps.org.uk/psychologist/goi ... ight-chess

Very interesting Richard, I have sent the link to my daughter who is studying Psychology at Hull University

So to summarise: if you want to think better thoughts, chess sort of works, but probably no better than 99 other things. If you want someone else to think better thoughts, teaching them chess is one of the quickest, cheapest and most measurable interventions among those that sort of work.