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It's a fairly well known result that better chess players don't evaluate more moves, they just evaluate better ones. So the "faster thinking effect" here is so
by regularfry 5y ago
It's a fairly well known result that better chess players don't evaluate more moves, they just evaluate better ones. So the "faster thinking effect" here is something to do with the order moves are evaluated in: players who win quicker games spot the better moves quicker, but given extra time the other player gets there too.
- anikan_vader 5y ago>> that better chess players don't evaluate more moves That's not true. A chess master calculates lines to a much deeper depth than an amateur player. They also have much better heuristics for evaluating positions, true. And they are much better at pruning irrelevant lines, as you say. But at the end of the day a master-level player is evaluating many more positions than an amateur before moving.
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- tux1968 5y agoExactly. Just as the fastest typists aren't thinking more quickly, they're relying on "muscle memory". Similarly, a master chess player begins her conscious thought process from good candidate moves supplied subconsciously with the speed of a touch typist.
- frontman1988 5y agoThey do both. Evaluate the better moves and also think more deeply. Chess masters have great visualization of the chess board. I as a noob am unable to think 4-5 moves ahead even if I really try hard. But pro players can visualise more than 10 moves easily.