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The Science of Chess

Chess, that most eminently logical of games, without any element of chance (unless the player makes random decisions), may actually require the same kind of thinking as science; learning to think in chess, then, can lead to a better understanding of scientific thought. According to a study presented in Nature Magazine, the thought process of chess grand masters resembles that of “falsification,” as described by famed philosopher Karl Popper.