Do you need math to play chess?

Do you think that math is important in chess?

Math can help in many things.As example we have value of each piece.You can take account of value in case of sacrifice ,interchange and lot of risked movements.Is only one example

You still need basic math. Like subtract and add within 8. Distinguish odd and even numbers. Quickly map letters to numbers and back (a=1, b=2 etc) idk if that can be called math but that's still dealing with numbers. You also need to understand basic operations with time and also how to count moves (to use 50-move rule for example).

I agree with you.

People often confuse maths with number calculations (because that's what schools sell as "maths").

Mathematics is the discipline of describing problems in an abstract unambiguous language to help solve them. So real mathematics could help you to some degree with thinking about chess if you got the knack for it, but it certainly isn't required to play chess.