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When I solve these puzzles or workout a checkmate over the board in a game, I'm usually not recalling anything from memory at all.

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Maybe you arent using your memory to solve these problems. I don't know you. I did not mean to imply that someone looks at a problem and recalls its solution from having memorized it previously. What is learned is a method of solving these problems. Following that method does not indicate reasoning ability. It only indicates an ability to learn and follow instructions. Believe it or not in a lot of cases the same is true for math problems. A thought that might cause Sklansky to shudder.

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