PSYC 471 Chapter Notes - Chapter 3: Sight-Reading, Ear Pain, Bill Chase
27 Feb 2017
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Could blindfold play 26 boards in 1924. Started playing while young and in school, couldn"t have chess board at. First saw blindfolded chess in pillsbury demonstration in moscow (pillsbury school so would do it on paper and eventually in his head was u. s. champion) Wanted to be the best at chess. 1914 wwi he was a prisoner of war and would play chess with other prisoners but without boards. 1916 again he was prisoner and continued to play blindfolded chess. After he stopped playing blindfolded for a while. Montreal: hotel almanac played 26 boards, later 28 then 32. Most grandmasters have no problem playing blindfold chess. Mental representations: they have to build them even when they"re not the board defies short term memory so there must be a method. Herb and chase asked if they were remembering a pattern as a whole not. Study: herb simon and bill chase (later collaborated on steve and digit.
