The usefulness of retrograde analysis
Grandmasters study the endgame to steer the position in front of them. This way, they know ten moves ago that they will win because they know where they were going.
Take as an example the following sentence: "After reading this sentence, you will realize that the the brain doesn't recognize a second 'the'." Most people will only catch 'the' the second time around. This is because the brain ignores anything that breaks with its logical stream. However, if you read the sentence backwards, you would easily catch it.
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