I was reading "The Art of Learning" by child chess prodigy Josh Waitzkin (subject of the movie "Searching for Bobby Fischer.") This particular passage immediately sent off "past life as a chess player!" bells. Six-year-old Josh is immediately attracted to the older men playing chess in NYC's Washington Square Park:
"I remember the strange sensation of discovering a lost memory. As we moved the pieces, I felt like I had done this before."
"I remember the strange sensation of discovering a lost memory. As we moved the pieces, I felt like I had done this before."