Author: Otello Gnaramori
Date: 05:34:52 04/29/04
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On April 29, 2004 at 06:04:34, Peter Berger wrote: >According to NIC Magnus Carlsen knew names of all 430 Norwegian towns, size and >population by heart when he was 5 years old. This probably means he has an >eidetic memory. I agree with you, eidetic memory or imagery has been defined as "the ability to retain an accurate, detailed visual image of a complex scene or pattern... or see an image that is an exact copy of the original sensory experience" , but this is applicable also to names or numbers if we translate them in images. >When it is about chessprograms, most titled players use them for their analysis >now. It is interesting to see how much credit top GMs give to chessprograms in >their post-mortems. In case Magnus Carlsen had seen the previously played game >before, it's well possible that the whole game was prepared. Imagine also how profitable can be the intensive use of a chess database, like chessbase , by an eidetiker specialized in chess ... w.b.r. Otello
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