Howhorseymove написал:
Magnus has a photographic memory. A position from a classic chess match could be reconstructed and he can tell you who the participants were.
Nothing more than a popular myth. None of the famous chess players has a photographic memory. The ability of Magnus, Anand or Kasparov to recall many games in memory, nothing more than a deep understanding of the game. As for the memory of Magnus, he has developed all semantic memory and the ability to generalize. That is what allowed him to remember all the capitals and countries of the world in childhood. But many children are capable of it. Carlsen himself now says that his memory works worse. If it were really photographic, there would be no such problem. Listen to Vishy Anand's lecture on chess memory. https://en.chessbase.com/post/anand-at-accenture-how-memory-works-in-che
