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On the other hand, he once stayed with friends in Denmark. His friends went out of the house for a short time, leaving him at home alone. The phone rang and he answered it. Someone spoke only in Danish, which he did not speak, but when his friends came home, he was able to recite the sounds from memory well enough that his friends understood the message.
On another occasion, he played in a rapid/blitz tourney. When the tourney was over, someone remarked to him that it was a shame that no one had taken down the moves of the games, whereupon Fischer rattled off all his games from the tourney from memory.
Astonishing feats of memory indeed.
@greenpawn34 saidNot so. Fischer was engaging in psychological tactics of the highest order, and flummoxed Spassky. Spassky pulled off only one more win against Fischer after the 2d round forfeit. Can you imagine Capa handing Alekhine a 2-game advantage from the outset?
I am not too sure about this Fischer and his amazing memory thread.
He forgot he was playing in a World Chess Championship in 1972
and never turned up for game two.
“I don't know how he does it. He can't even remember to bring home a loaf of bread from the supermarket.” — Leah Koltanowski wife of George who On 4 December 1960, in San Francisco, California, Koltanowski played 56 consecutive games blindfolded, with only ten seconds per move. He won fifty and drew six games.
Does this mean we prioritise what we select to remember?
@wycoller saidI played in a tournament on the SF Peninsula at which 'Kolti' officiated as tournament director. I believe you mean he played 56 simultaneous blindfold games, not consecutive games (anyone can do that).
“I don't know how he does it. He can't even remember to bring home a loaf of bread from the supermarket.” — Leah Koltanowski wife of George who On 4 December 1960, in San Francisco, California, Koltanowski played 56 consecutive games blindfolded, with only ten seconds per move. He won fifty and drew six games.
Does this mean we prioritise what we select to remember?
Memory is not one simple unific ability--it has many facets. I remember phone numbers of houses that no longer exist, and my father's ham-radio call letters, but I can't remember my own children's mobile phone numbers (my iPhone does that for me).
People with eidetic memories can sometimes recall absurd details, but may not recognize a person who has shaved off his beard. The mind works in mysterious ways.
@wycoller saidEinstein frequently had unkempt hair and untied shoelaces.
“I don't know how he does it. He can't even remember to bring home a loaf of bread from the supermarket.” — Leah Koltanowski wife of George who On 4 December 1960, in San Francisco, California, Koltanowski played 56 consecutive games blindfolded, with only ten seconds per move. He won fifty and drew six games.
Does this mean we prioritise what we select to remember?
@moonbus saidAnd I am horrible with names, no matter if I just met them. Yet I can remember entire sections of concertos and sonatas. Especially Beethoven.
I played in a tournament on the SF Peninsula at which 'Kolti' officiated as tournament director. I believe you mean he played 56 simultaneous blindfold games, not consecutive games (anyone can do that).
Memory is not one simple unific ability--it has many facets. I remember phone numbers of houses that no longer exist, and my father's ham-radio call letters, but I can't re ...[text shortened]... ils, but may not recognize a person who has shaved off his beard. The mind works in mysterious ways.
@wycoller saidI don’t think it was bad memory, I literally can and do walk from one room to another and forget what I went for. This happens everyday nonstop along with losing everything, phone, keys, text, phone calls, pay bills, and on and on. I just stand in the middle of the room looking at things I might need hoping to remember then go back and wait it’s horribly frustrating. It’s executive dysfunction linked with adhd, I don’t know if he had this?? Your mind never stops all day thinking about things not even related. Other things, facts, or long term it’s difficult to forget or get it out of your head. Just looking how he lived like a hermit and other things I think it definitely shows he was on the spectrum along these lines.
“I don't know how he does it. He can't even remember to bring home a loaf of bread from the supermarket.” — Leah Koltanowski wife of George who On 4 December 1960, in San Francisco, California, Koltanowski played 56 consecutive games blindfolded, with only ten seconds per move. He won fifty and drew six games.
Does this mean we prioritise what we select to remember?
@Suzianne saidI’m the same with names, I can’t tell you the name of my neighbors wife and I’ve known them for years. I just quit using names and just talk to people instead of directly addressing them by name.
And I am horrible with names, no matter if I just met them. Yet I can remember entire sections of concertos and sonatas. Especially Beethoven.