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Published online 9 August 2001 | Nature | doi:10.1038/news010809-13
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Grandmasters mate from memory
Chunky chess theory shows how best brains battle.
Chess grandmasters may outwit opponents using different brain regions from us lesser mortals1.
Mid-match activity in grandmasters' brains is mainly in regions thought to be involved in long-term memory - the frontal and parietal cortices, find Thomas Elbert and his colleagues at the University of Konstanz in Germany.
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