That's absolutely the case for a novice chess player vs expert. A novice will see so many pieces. So many possibilities. They have no idea how to choose betwee

That's absolutely the case for a novice chess player vs expert. A novice will see so many pieces. So many possibilities. They have no idea how to choose between them. And there are so many, they'll fail to see an excellent move, or that one of their pieces is about to be killed. An expert sees far fewer moves, and so is able to look much further ahead.