Eli5: how does a pro chess player see 10+moves ahead? What does that look like?
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If I put 3 blocks down in front of you, can you just immediately “see” that there are 3 blocks, or do you have to count? What about 4 blocks? What about 10? Most 5 year olds can look at 3 blocks and just instantly know that it’s 3 without even counting. Just like most beginner chess players could look at one board position and say “ok, the knight could take the bishop”. A chess master is like someone who could look at 13 blocks and just “know” it’s 13 blocks. But in terms of chess moves. Then someone tries to explain it as “counting 10+ blocks ahead!” despite the fact that in a chess master’s mind there was never any counting.
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