Memorization of variations could be even worse than playing in a tournament without looking in the books at all.
I only think well when my mind is calm.
Don't worry kids, you'll find work. After all, my machine will need strong chess player-programmers. You will be the first.
Yes, I have played a blitz game once. It was on a train, in 1929.
Along with my retirement from chess analytical work seems to have gone too.
Chess is a part of culture and if a culture is declining then Chess too will decline