Photographic mind,

ncpharaoh · 2008-10-25T00:35:28-07:00

Photographic mind, Please do not read this for it will change your game forever, turn back now and I will think no less of you. Verry well if you must read on. I must inquire about the possibility that most chess master have a photographic mind, thus making it easy to memorize all the openings and

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ncpharaoh

Mar 9, 2009

#21

Gonnosuke wrote:

There's been speculation that Fischer suffered from Asperger Syndrome or some other form of high-functioning autism. I don't have the expertise to know one way or the other if there's any factual basis for the speculation but from a laypersons perspective I have to admit that Fischer's feats of memory are strongly reminiscent of the kinds of skills one usually sees in autistic savants.

Thanks for the information.