Chess is pattern recognition.
A study was done where chess players were given cards with positions from games on them. They were allowed study the position for 1 minute i believe it was. They were able to recreate those positions on a board with amazing accuracy, and at times perfect.
They were then given random positions, that were made up...at random. They were again given 1 minute to study the positions. They were unable to recreate any of the positions with any degree of accuracy.
You are certainly referring to the experiments by Adriaan D. de Groot published in his book “Thought and Choice in Chess” (1965), a classic in on the field of cognitive psychology and chess, and in the book “Perception and Memory in Chess by de Groot and Fernandez Gobet (1996). I have both books and will try later to write something about them.
You are certainly referring to the experiments by Adriaan D. de Groot published in his book “Thought and Choice in Chess” (1965), a classic in on the field of cognitive psychology and chess, and in the book “Perception and Memory in Chess by de Groot and Fernandez Gobet (1996). I have both books and will try later to write something about them.
No clue. It was something i watched on TV some years ago.
I remember once a documentary where Judith Polgar reconstructed a chess position after having seen it for few seconds. They were talking about the difficulty of recalling aleatory positions. I saw that I was not able to reconstruct my Chess 960 games for the same reason, even the Daily’s games I can’t reconstruct, even not he initial position.
Somebody began a thread asking about visualisation. I decided to go through my chess books to find quotations from strong players about the subject. I knew already that players can’t really see the whole board, but only part of it, and that the concept of “visualisation” has actually nothing to do with a clear picture in the player’s mind, as explained by Axel Smith in his book “Pump Your Rating”:
”However, many players complain that they can’t see the complete board in their head. I would say that it would be remarkable if they could! I can even manage to focus on all squares at the same time when I look at a real board. So why should it possible without the board?” (p. 149)
He tried to describe what players are able to visualise:
“It’s not only a geometrical figure that’s it is visualised, but also a concept, whose size is measured in units. The pawn structure around the king may be one unit, for example. The pieces that aren’t actually seen in your head are stored in your memory.” (pp. 149-150).
I will check other books to find other quotations. It is not a pen easy task, as mot chess books don’t have a subject index.
Or perhaps you can help me with some quotations?