Oct. 14, 2025, 8:25 p.m.

Chess was always a favorite game for me from a young age, I never mastered it but I knew the pieces movements, but after being diagnosed I had tons of free time to play, and with the increase of prices in video games I found a decent alternative in playing online chess on my mobile phone, and it proved to be a splendid way to aid my cognitive decline due to MS !

So, I kicked my way into the board ! first, I downloaded a chess app from the "Play store" on my phone, I chose "LICHESS", and began playing online matches. I always choose "15 minutes" per game only (longer games tire me mentally, shorter games are too quick for me).

Gradually, I developed noticable mental stability in chess games, the time of the match is literally a haven for me from stress; with the months I began to win in matches, and my score jumped from 950 to 1100 !!!

At that point I realized: this is good for my MS, my brain is finding new paths instead of the ones ruined by MS lesions. Studies did point to this too, that chess is good for MS patients' brains:

Targeted cognitive game training enhances cognitive performance in multiple sclerosis patients treated with interferon beta 1-a

Currently, I play 2 games a day; each going for 15 minutes.

And boy does a Checkmate feel like...super !