‘Pattern Recognition’ is the cognitive ability of our brain to recall data and information to make sense of the world around us. This same process helps us to learn a language and solve problems.

Last fortnight, we discussed ‘Pattern Recognition in Chess’, aided by basic checkmate patterns like the Back Rank Checkmate with the rook and the Queen. Let us continue where we left off in ...

In chess, patterns are important. If you’re going to turn the game to your advantage, you’ve got to see something in an open position that your opponent doesn’t.

Whether it’s poker, chess or trading card games: “It’s all about pattern recognition.” Cecil Rosner Special to The Globe and Mail Published August 6, 2022 Updated August 8, 2022 ...

Chess also has a firm place in the language of football, but perhaps erroneously. When a match is likened to ‘a game of chess’, it’s normally a cypher for ‘this game is slow and boring’.