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Article #231Re: Re: The Secret of being a Chess Master
From: Lars Henrik Mathiesen
Date: Fri, 10 Jan 1986 17:51
Date: Fri, 10 Jan 1986 17:51
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In article <117@milford.UUCP> bill@milford.UUCP (bill) writes: >> the phrase "innate chess skill" is a grievous misnomer. People are not >> born with skills, with predispositions perhaps, but not with skills. >[...] unlearned traits which good masters possess but are relatively >lacking in the rest of us. The term I remember is "eidetic memory" and the >test was how well the subjects could reconstruct chess positions after >examining it for a short time. Other studies have indicated that chess masters do not have to remember each single piece on the board, but rather a smaller number of "common groupings." When tested on random (i.e. non-game) positions, their advantage was much smaller. -- Lars Mathiesen, DIKU, Copenhagen, Denmark mcvax!diku!thorinn
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Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10.1 6/24/83 (MC840302); site diku.UUCP Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!utzoo!watmath!clyde!bonnie!akgua!gatech!ut-sally!seismo!mcvax!diku!thorinn From: thorinn@diku.UUCP (Lars Henrik Mathiesen) Newsgroups: net.games.chess Subject: Re: Re: The Secret of being a Chess Master Message-ID: <31@diku.UUCP> Date: Fri, 10-Jan-86 12:51:26 EST Article-I.D.: diku.31 Posted: Fri Jan 10 12:51:26 1986 Date-Received: Mon, 13-Jan-86 01:08:06 EST References: <269@ihlpf.UUCP> <117@milford.UUCP> Distribution: net Organization: DIKU, U of Copenhagen, DK Lines: 15