Levy Rozman
👤 SpeakerAppearances Over Time
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I don't necessarily know if it's a talent for chess specifically,
but it's a talent for, I'm sure there's some sort of spatial visualization in your mind, your
you start picking up what squares are controlled by your pieces and opponent's pieces faster.
Your memory is much stronger.
So you don't just learn openings like we discussed.
You learn literal patterns such as, oh, I remember this from two tournaments ago.
I remember this from a game I played just yesterday.
And you just keep playing and playing and playing.
But I think the one commonality I think I've seen in all kids
It's obsession.
You have to play a lot.
And I've seen kids who are brilliant kids.
If you give them a page of tactics, puzzles, they solve faster than anybody.
They can pick things up here super fast.
They're a pleasure to teach.
They go to a tournament, disaster.
They can't handle the anxiousness.
They can't handle that silent face-to-face war with
another six-year-old.
They can't even handle it.