Eli5: how does a pro chess player see 10+moves ahead? What does that look like?

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Eli5: how does a pro chess player see 10+moves ahead? What does that look like?

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Answer 1

When you read, you take in multiple words at a time, not a character at a time. When you construct a sentence, you don’t think in terms of noun/adverb/adjective; in fact, it is only when someone calls attention to your sentence and make you break it down grammatically do you think about what you said.

Similarly in chess, your brain recognizes patterns and memorizes best responses (tactics) as you play more and more. They don’t think move by move.