>Chess is all about memorizing patterns // Professional chess, you mean; I think that's worth mentioning. Thar description would put me off entirely: whilst i

>Chess is all about memorizing patterns // Professional chess, you mean; I think that's worth mentioning. Thar description would put me off entirely: whilst it's a game I've enjoyed and taught to several others (I've helped at a school chess club, for example). My memory is terrible - I play by analysing a tree of possible outcomes, or more casually by strategic feel (positional play) which is far less intense and still enjoyable for me.