Answers.Body: <p>Of course this depends on the position at hand, but generally speaking...</p>
  
  <p>I am not a GM, but 100 <em>positions</em> (not moves) seems highly exaggerated, though this might depend on your definition of "position" and "analyze".</p>
  
  <p>If you really mean unique (and not only slightly different) positions, and if you mean by analyze, the   full process of evaluating the position, I would guess that the number is between 0 and 3 or so.</p>
  
  <p>Only rarely you would want to calculate  forced line and would have to analyze a position in the future anyway. Most decision making is based on well 
  known plans, that follow from the current position on the board. </p>
  
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Answers.Body: <p>Nobody is safe to answer this question unless he or she is a GM. You definitely need to search an answer in chess games. You can analyse by yourself or by using chess engines or you can easily find many videos on the internet. One of my favourites is the game between Vladimir Kramnik and Garry Kasparov when Kasparov sacrificed his Queen on move 12!  It reveals in a great way how a GM can "create" the future through many moves before.</p>
  
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Answers.Body: <p>depends</p>
  <p>how much time left on the clock
  how complicated the position
  does he need a win or is a draw okay
  who is the opponent
  is he sleepy/tired
  ....</p>
  
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Answers.Text: "depends" is an answer that is always correct but useless. I was looking for an average and peak value.
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Body: <p>From a research paper:
  <a href="https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Fernand_Gobet/publication/267259137_Training_in_chess_A_scientific_approach/links/55100b320cf21287416cb0d0.pdf" rel="noreferrer">Chess players search highly selectively. It is rare that they analyze more than
  one hundred positions in the search tree before choosing a move.</a></p>
  
  <p>In the middle game how many positions does a GM analyze before making a move? What are typical limits of top players?</p>
  
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Title: How many positions does a GM analyze before making a move?
ThreadText: # How many positions does a GM analyze before making a move?
  
  (Asked by: username_0 on 2020-06-14)
  
  From a research paper:
  [Chess players search highly selectively. It is rare that they analyze more than
  one hundred positions in the search tree before choosing a move.](https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Fernand_Gobet/publication/267259137_Training_in_chess_A_scientific_approach/links/55100b320cf21287416cb0d0.pdf)
  
  In the middle game how many positions does a GM analyze before making a move? What are typical limits of top players?
  
  **Tags:** analysis, tactics, grandmaster, calculation
  
  
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  ## 3 answers
  
  ### Answer by username_1 on 2020-06-15. Score: 4
  
  Of course this depends on the position at hand, but generally speaking...
  
  I am not a GM, but 100 *positions* (not moves) seems highly exaggerated, though this might depend on your definition of "position" and "analyze".
  
  If you really mean unique (and not only slightly different) positions, and if you mean by analyze, the full process of evaluating the position, I would guess that the number is between 0 and 3 or so.
  
  Only rarely you would want to calculate forced line and would have to analyze a position in the future anyway. Most decision making is based on well
  known plans, that follow from the current position on the board.
  
  > **Comments:**
  > **username_0**: What is your rating and/or chess experience?  
  
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  ### Answer by username_2 on 2020-06-15. Score: 3
  
  Nobody is safe to answer this question unless he or she is a GM. You definitely need to search an answer in chess games. You can analyse by yourself or by using chess engines or you can easily find many videos on the internet. One of my favourites is the game between Vladimir Kramnik and Garry Kasparov when Kasparov sacrificed his Queen on move 12! It reveals in a great way how a GM can "create" the future through many moves before.
  
  
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  ### Answer by username_3 on 2020-06-23. Score: 0
  
  depends
  
  how much time left on the clock
  how complicated the position
  does he need a win or is a draw okay
  who is the opponent
  is he sleepy/tired
  ....
  
  > **Comments:**
  > **username_0**: "depends" is an answer that is always correct but useless. I was looking for an average and peak value.  
  
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