Would " Rainman " be allowed to challenge for title?

Skipgugg · 2010-08-16T17:37:12-07:00

Would the World Chess Federation acknowledge and allow an autistic person ,comparable to the fictional portrayal of Raymond Babbit " Rainman " , a chance at the world title. Obviously someone that can memorize a phone directory in a couple of days could easily memorize all openings and all e

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jerry2468

Aug 17, 2010

#21

GMs don't memorize that much. They take what they know of spaces and pieces and impressions of the general ideas of them and convert that into good moves. That is where human instinct triumphs.