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Questions related to cognitive, motivational and other psychological aspects of chess, both during and before/after games.

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Why do professional chess players point at the pieces with a middle finger?

I've recently heard and then actually started to notice more and more that professional chess players tend to use a middle finger when pointing at pieces on the board like in this Anand vs Caruana gam …
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