"I see only one move ahead," [chess grandmaster] Capablanca is said to have answered, "but it is always the correct one." He thus put in a nutshell what a century of psychological research has subsequently established: much of the chess master's advantage over the novice derives from the first few seconds of thought.
Studies of the mental processes of chess grandmasters have revealed clues to how people become experts in other fields as well. A acientific American article.
Scientific American: The Expert Mind
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