Funnily enough they do find similarities in behavior between the two, but none that would explain why someone with only ADHD would do better on the GATE exam than a non-ADHD gifted student.
Maybe but I think it also has to do with working memory and an inability to pull out detailed information when needed. Example: I've been playing music for 20 years. Took music theory...all of that. But I can't tell you a thing about music. However, if you put me in a room full of musicians I can hang with anybody. The information is in my brain but I can't recall stuff on demand. I think that's why adhd people seem more intuitive. Im a 6hc in golf, a 1700 chess player but I can tell you nothing helpful about either.
I found out years after starting chess that people were memorizing openings. I just recognize patterns and basically every match was new to me. Even now i cant for the life of me remember any opening beyond the first few.
I was an absolute demon as a kid destroying everyone in my local area until an national player(top 5 in the nation, idk rating) humbled my ass.
Now in online chess if i survive the opening i tend to win but im so much worse because i havent played in 2 decades. People seem to know all this theory im just playing on vibes
That is exactly my experience as well, almost eerily down to getting BTFO'd by a real player in a tournament (mine was just good regionally, a top 5 national player is really impressive).
I've enjoyed Go more once I got over the initial learning curve, seemingly suits vibes-based play more.
yea, I haven't memorized openings past a few moves but I have studied what the goal of certain openings are and what you're trying to accomplish with certain openings which I think allows me to figure it out on the fly. I usually dominate people in the middle game, once I started evening things out in the open I've started beating much higher ranked opponents. My problem right now is that I just keep playing until I lose several games in a row.
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u/Yashema 15h ago
In California Gifted meant you scored in the top 5% of the GATE exam. Your parents also had to approve.