That is because unlike programming, chess nowadays does not utilize too many general skills. Good positional play for instance won't help you enough against an

That is because unlike programming, chess nowadays does not utilize too many general skills. Good positional play for instance won't help you enough against an opponent who has memorized many patterns. This is why it was so easily tackled by computers compared to Go or more complex grand strategy games. Programming is much closer to grand strategy than to rote pattern memorization, though there are patterns to be recognized in it. Likewise performing music is a much broader subject than say just moving the pick across strings to a remembered melody. Even more so, composition.