Interestingly enough, this is exactly how one of the world chess champions, Jose Raul Capablanca, was said to have learned chess as a child. It may be true, or

Interestingly enough, this is exactly how one of the world chess champions, Jose Raul Capablanca, was said to have learned chess as a child. It may be true, or perhaps it was a story concocted in order to emphasize his innate talent.