--- In [email protected], "Stefan Pochmann" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > --- In [email protected], Lars Petrus <lars@> > wrote: > > > > I don't see any reason why people couldn't, with a lot of talent and > > years of dedicated practice, do the same thing with a 3x3x3. It > > doesn't hold more information than a face or a chess position. > > Um... I disagree. What you mentioned, that chess players can memorize > a chess situation very quickly, that's only for *real* chess > situations coming from a *real* game that makes sense. If you give > them *random* boards they're not any better than other people (oh > well, probably better than the dumbo on the street who doesn't even > know what chess is). But in blindsolving we're dealing with *random* > cubes, so that's not comparable to chess masters memorizing a > meaningful chess situation. > > Cheers! > Stefan >
I don't know where I read this first, but now Google quickly found this: http://www.research.ibm.com/deepblue/learn/html/e.8.1.html Quote: "[...] human chess masters are far more accurate than non-chess players at remembering chess board positions taken from real games, where the placement of pieces arose in strategic play and represented meaningful tactical positions. However, these masters were no better than non-chess players at memorizing random arrangements of pieces." Cheers! Stefan Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/speedsolvingrubikscube/ <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
