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

Have you ever played tic tac toe? “If I put my cross here, he’ll put his there and I can’t make a line, if I put my cross here, he can put his here or there… if he puts it there I can put my next one here, if not, I have to put mine here or he wins…”

It’s like that, just more complex.