Core play concepts
Psychology and thinking
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Intuition
Level: IntermediateA rapid judgment about a position or move that arises without consciously tracing every step of the analysis.
Chess blindness
Level: IntermediateA perceptual oversight in which a player fails to notice an obvious board fact that they would normally recognize.
Einstellung effect
Level: ExpertA mental tendency in which a familiar solution makes a better alternative harder to discover even when the player has the skill to find it.
De Groot's four-stage model
A descriptive model that organizes move choice into orientation, exploration, investigation, and proof.
Protocol analysis
Level: ExpertA research method that records and studies what a person verbalizes while solving a chess task.