When you have absorbed a pattern you immediately know it. You recognize instantly what the position is about. Like recognizing a face by the Fusiform Face Area.
Do you recognize this actor by his (caricature) forehead?
I hope you do. You never memorized his face. Meaning that memorization and spaced repetition play no role in the process.
I train with a database of 500 problems. I absorbed about 4% of them. See what happens with 100% absorption.
When I have memorized a position, there is some delay before realizing "hey, I know this ".
With absorption there is no delay.
Chess (and life) are like a box of chocolates. You never know what you're gonna get. Forrest Gump
ReplyDeleteYou don't say. Surprise, surprise, surprise! - Gomer Pyle
Hard to tell which quote more closely matches our usual experience when playing chess.
We are eloquent parrots. But thinking for ourselves is a whole different animal.
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