17 January 2008
Watched NGC's documentary on susan polgar last monday. What astounds me is why didn't others pick up the idea, here's an undeniable example of nurture beating nature, 3 sisters deliberately and successfully trained to be chess geniuses. I'm surprised they didn't spawn a legion of imitators, a generation of vat-grown prodigies.
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