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Re:Lessons from a 45-year Study of Super-Smart Children by pbhjpbhj on Wednesday September 07, 2016 @05:24PM (#12447861)
>Chess has a limited set of rules, once learned all that remains is practicing and letting it to sink in //

I learnt recently that Chess computers/programs are pre-seeded with standard moves and apparently do very badly if they're set to play without using the traditional openings. This seems to move against your analysis of what is needed to play chess well. Study of stock openings also appears to be required to perform well.

Re:Lessons from a 45-year Study of Super-Smart Children by eutectic on Wednesday September 07, 2016 @07:38PM (#12448945)
This is not really true any more. Computers will still play at a superhuman level if you disable the opening book.
Re:Lessons from a 45-year Study of Super-Smart Children by pbhjpbhj on Saturday September 10, 2016 @08:19AM (#12468852)
OK, I was corrected in the other direction recently - do you have a citation handy?