When I was studying about memory and learning, the example of chess masters came up when talking of chunking. The idea that bigger problems can be reduced to a

When I was studying about memory and learning, the example of chess masters came up when talking of chunking. The idea that bigger problems can be reduced to a number of chunks that can be understood and recalled instantly. So chess master might not be so much about being able to see x move ahead, but being able to look at the current board state and recall what pattern it is fitting into.