Electronic/World Wide Web>Internet Article: Rowson, Jonathan (2020/01/06), Concentrate!, Aeon, Retrieved on 2020-12-19Source Material [aeon.co]
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19 DEC 2020
Chess as Recursive Evaluative Hunting
In chess, concentration usually unfolds in quick succession through perceiving, desiring and searching. But it’s recursive, so I often find something I didn’t expect in a way that leads me to see my position differently and want something else from it. My perception is pre-patterned through years of experience, so I don’t see one square or piece at a time. Instead, I see the whole position as a situation featuring relationships between pieces in familiar strategic contexts; a castled ki...19 DEC 2020