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The principle of activity specificity in episodic memory
The effect of chess skill, age, and conditions for memorization on the efficiency of the recall of sequences of opening chess moves was studied. Thirty-nine chess players of different skill levels (from category 2 to grandmaster) and ages (from 17 to 81 years old) were divided into four groups (ELO > 2000 before and after the age of 40; ELO < 2000 before and after the age of 40). They were asked to remember the sequences of moves under three conditions (passive perception, use of imagination, physical generation of moves) and to recall (reproduce) the sequences by making the moves. It turned out that in the passive-perception condition the younger chess players, on the one hand, and the more highly skilled players, on the other, recalled the moves significantly better than did the other groups. Also, in almost all the groups of players the efficiency of memory grew as the condition for memorization and that for reproduction converged, with the highest growth rate found among chess players older than 40 years with ELO > 2000. The current memory of the chess experts was to a greater extent mediated by opening schemes and knowledge than was that of the intermediate players. A hypothesis about the activity specificity of the coding in episodic memory was confirmed and concretized.
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Sveshnikov Intrigues
September 24, 2003. I’m in the midst of a love affair with the Sveshnikov.
It wasn’t love at first sight. When I first met her I found her awkward, ungainly. Her features clashed with what I thought a good chess defense should look like. I was intimidated by her complexity, by the demands placed on anyone who wanted to engage with her. I steered clear. But the more I thought about her, and the more I saw her in action, my attitude changed. I became intrigued by her dark beauty, the geometry of her moves. I couldn’t help myself. She
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Notes on a Swindle
July 19, 2003. You’re not sure how much English your opponent knows, so when you meet him at the board you nod and smile only, and he does the same. At least he’s not the gruff, unfriendly type. Vladimir Grechikhin is his name. He’s wearing a blue dress shirt unbuttoned at the collar, looks to be in his early sixties, and has the sturdy build of someone who has done manual labor during his life. He’s rated 2200, which is the baseline for a master’s rating. You suspect he has seen better days at the chessboard, that he’s not playing
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