LSAT 140 | Section 4 | Reading Comprehension: Q19

RC Question 19 Explanation

DISCUSSION: This question refers to paragraph 2. These lines are precise, and they say two things:

• Chess players have good memory for arrangements of chess pieces in typical chess arrangements.
• Chess players do not have good memory for chess pieces in non-typical arrangements.

The passage doesn’t say whether chess players have good memories for other things or for other games.

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1. This is the most popular wrong answer. Read paragraph 2 carefully: the passage doesn’t say anything about other games. We have no idea how well chess players remember things that don’t involve chess pieces.
   (In case that doesn’t convince you: it’s possible that these sequences of moves in other games are also typical of chess, in which case chess players would remember them)
2. The passage doesn’t mention sequences without spatial elements.
3. Paragraph 2 says that chess player can remember chess configurations. It does sound like remembering a whole game is more challenging than remembering a configuration. But this answer is only talking about easy games. We have no evidence that chess masters are incapable of remembering whole games.
4. CORRECT. Specifically, paragraph 2 says that chess players do not have a good memory for non-typical configurations of chess pieces.
5. Logical analysis simply isn’t mentioned in the passage. There is no evidence to support this answer choice.