I got it in a few seconds, and I ain't no spring chicken. Maybe I'm a statistical outlier. (I don't think this kind of thinking will help with my chess skill. 
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Test on young brain vs old brain (chess connection?)
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6-year-olds are solving this while adults are stumped. My wife is a school teacher and could not solve it but my 10-year-old grandson figured it out in definitely less than 20 seconds.
I don't know if this correlates with why adults starting out in chess have never become grandmasters but I think it does show that children tend to think much differently than adults.
http://toprightnews.com/this-puzzle-with-clever-twist-is-stumping-adults-so-why-are-6-year-olds-solving-it-in-under-20-seconds/