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Article #253Re: The Secret of being a Chess Master
From: Jonathan Robie
Date: Sat, 25 Jan 1986 17:05
Date: Sat, 25 Jan 1986 17:05
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The DeGroot book is a classic. Further important work was done by Simon and Chase. The paper _Perception in Chess_, published in 1973 by Chase and Simon, is a true classic. I think the journal was Cognitive Psychology, but I'm not sure. The basic contention is that through practice chess players develop models which describe the various patterns that occur in chess. These models are used to allow rapid perception of the board. Chase and Simon felt that practice was the important factor, rather than innate talent. I have not seen evidence that chessmasters tend to have eidetic imagery. There are certainly some chessmasters who do not.
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Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10.2 9/5/84; site msudoc.UUCP Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!utzoo!watmath!clyde!burl!ulysses!bellcore!petrus!sabre!zeta!epsilon!mb2c!umich!msudoc!robie From: robie@msudoc.UUCP (Jonathan Robie) Newsgroups: net.games.chess Subject: Re: The Secret of being a Chess Master Message-ID: <163@msudoc.UUCP> Date: Sat, 25-Jan-86 12:05:47 EST Article-I.D.: msudoc.163 Posted: Sat Jan 25 12:05:47 1986 Date-Received: Sun, 26-Jan-86 20:28:05 EST References: <269@ihlpf.UUCP> <102100005@haddock.UUCP> <192@isieng.UUCP> <737@ucsfcgl.UUCP> <857@bu-cs.UUCP> Reply-To: robie@msudoc.UUCP (Jonathan Robie) Organization: Michigan State Univ., Engineering, E. Lansing Lines: 13