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From: moskowit@paul.rutgers.edu (Len Moskowitz)
Newsgroups: comp.ai
Subject: Re: Another chess question
Message-ID: <Apr.3.16.56.33.1991.27171@paul.rutgers.edu>
Date: 3 Apr 91 21:56:38 GMT
References: <2041@seti.inria.fr> <1991Mar26.162003.7849@swift.cs.tcd.ie> <21622@shlump.nac.dec.com>
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 > And then there's the quotation, circulating recently in rec.chess
 > and attributed to the grandmaster Tartakower. When asked how many
 > moves ahead he looked, he replied "One; the best one."

Considering that most perceptual organization occurs at a subconscious
level, it would be surprising if chess masters were aware of even a
fraction of the evaluation.


Len Moskowitz