alt Hacker NewsNo, a grandmaster can also consider moves way faster than an amateur. Watch Hikaru Nakamura solve chess puzzles [1]. He has already solved the puzzle and moved on to the next one before an amateur can even see the pieces on the board.
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mr_mitm • today at 2:21 PM
This is mind blowing. He solves these puzzles before I can find the king. How humbling. There probably aren't many instances like this where the gap between world-class and average person becomes as clear as in this video.
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1940s to 1980s papers (the source of the claims) might think "amateur" means something different from people today. (they probably mean club chess players)