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105 Questions

How is the life of a professional GM with ELO around 2500?

Did Bobby Fischer actually write “Bobby Fischer Teaches Chess”?

What's the point of early a2-a4 in the Modern Italian?

Why is 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 b6 so unpopular?

Ideas behind the 8.Bd3 line in the 4.Ng5 Two Knights Defense

Why did Bobby Fischer quit chess after the match with Spassky?

Caro-Kann Apocalypse Attack

What was the role of the second in top level matches?

What's the best strategy against the Hippo?

Why almost nobody plays …6…b5 in the Lipnitsky Najdorf?

Refutation of the Blackmar-Diemer gambit?

Why did Bobby Fischer play the Queen's Gambit as White vs. Spassky?

What are the ideas behind the Short variation in Advance Caro-Kann?

Why is 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Bg5 almost never played?

Why isn't the English Attack popular vs. the Sicilian Kan?

Is a Finite State Machine a good way to model chess?

At what playing strength level should one be able to mate with King Bishop and Knight vs King?

Why is the Advance Variation considered strong vs the Caro-Kann but not vs the Scandinavian?

Did Spassky stand up and applaude at Fischer after the famous Tartakower game?

Why not 4.e3 Bxc3+ in the Nimzo-Indian?

Who are the strongest non-professional GMs?

Why are opening books so popular?

Is it true that GM William Lombardy was homeless in the last year of his life?

What are the ideas of 6. Qf3 in the Scotch?

Why is taking the e4 Pawn considered risky here?

What is the main idea of 7.Qf3 in the Sicilian Taimanov?

Why isn't 5. f4 considered strong in the French Advance, main line?

What are the worst blunders ever committed in a world championship match (final)?

Why not 1.d4 Nf6 2.d5?

Best books on middlegame strategy?