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Could you explain to me what the meaning of 'depth' in chess is plz?

TonightOnly

Future possible moves.

 

So when it is said that Kasparov could calculate to a great depth, it is being said that he could see very many possible moves and variations. When a computer searches to a depth of 4, it is searching all the possible lines up to four moves away from the current position.