How does a game of chess work between two top level players? Do they have to think like 25 moves ahead to find any sort of opening against the opponent?
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Sometimes they might have to look a dozen or so moves ahead. But in truth they’ve studied their first 10+ first movies and almost always know what moves are solid/best. Alot of it is pattern recognition, you don’t actually calculate each individual move if you recognize a pattern or high level player will likely recognize the position as a whole. Thats what alot of newer players dont realize, we just recognize a patterns and have drilled responses to them. Many times you and your opponents strongest Ideas will be obvious, its all the very small choices that add up along the way that usually decide the game. Heavy calculation usually shows up if their is a high risk movie that you NEED to know if it pays off, and in endgames where the line between win/loss/draw is so so small.
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