I think the fact that good chess players memorize sets of positions is related to this finding that playing more games is not necessarily the way to improve you

I think the fact that good chess players memorize sets of positions is related to this finding that playing more games is not necessarily the way to improve your skill. Because chess improvement isn't necessarily dependent on reflexive subconscious action but in more conscious pattern recognition ('last time my opponent brought a knight to this square I got destroyed...')