[youngprogrammer]

You might as well play "who can memorize the most openings and lines"

[jgalt212]

Seems dismissive at first, but I interviewed a chess team captain once and he told me they prepared for upcoming matches by learning new lines they wanted to play and studying the lines the opposing school was deemed likely to play.

[ccppurcell]

It is a memory game yes! But still you can choose what to memorise.