Conditional move

When making one of these does the opponent see it before he decides what move to make?

I was on another site and I thought that too...
I had a forced mate but depending on my opponents replies meant I had to set up multiple conditional move scenarios.

I thought I had all possibilities covered with 4 different conditional move scenarios.

He played the 5th scenario that I didn’t see but it still lead to mate with me winning and I seriously thought he saw all of my 4 conditional move scenarios and found a line I didn’t see.

They weren’t complicated lines...just back rank mates and he could delay it by putting pieces in the way or running.

Interesting post, I would like to know too.

@webwiz
It's not clear what you are asking. From your opponents point of view he or she sees what they would if you were making the moves manually. The only difference is that you will appear to be moving fairly quickly. They are not shown your plans.

@webwiz said
When making one of these does the opponent see it before he decides what move to make?

Thanks guys but the last two posts contradict each other. My question is: If I play (on this site) 1. e4 and a conditional move if 1........e5 then 2. Nf3 then does my opponent know what I intend before he plays his move? Or does he make his move blind to my intention and just see an immediate response if he chooses the move postulated?
If DeepThought is right then Mchill's objection is nullified, and there are advantages in conditional moves. They save time. They save re-analysing the position. Sometimes the opponent only has one move. Etc

@webwiz said
Thanks guys but the last two posts contradict each other. My question is: If I play (on this site) 1. e4 and a conditional move if 1........e5 then 2. Nf3 then does my opponent know what I intend before he plays his move? Or does he make his move blind to my intention and just see an immediate response if he chooses the move postulated?
If DeepThought is right then Mchill's o ...[text shortened]... . They save time. They save re-analysing the position. Sometimes the opponent only has one move. Etc

As @DeepThought says.

Any pre-planned moves are private and your opponent will have no knowledge of them beforehand unless you told them yourself.

the conditional moves are hidden from your opponent. It's only after he makes his move, does your conditional reply pop up..

Thanks. That's what I wanted to hear.

@webwiz said
Thanks guys but the last two posts contradict each other. My question is: If I play (on this site) 1. e4 and a conditional move if 1........e5 then 2. Nf3 then does my opponent know what I intend before he plays his move? Or does he make his move blind to my intention and just see an immediate response if he chooses the move postulated?
If DeepThought is right then Mchill's o ...[text shortened]... . They save time. They save re-analysing the position. Sometimes the opponent only has one move. Etc

@mchill said
I don't want to rain on your parade here, but cannot see any value in conditional moves here on RHP. Back in the days of correspondence play with postcards, players may have agreed on some conditional moves as a way of saving money on postage stamps, but conditional moves simply give away your thought process in a given position, which may alert your opponent to dangers or opportunities they'd not considered before.

JMHO - Don't show your cards unless you have to! 🙂