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31 votes
2 answers
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How is the life of a professional GM with ELO around 2500?

26 votes
3 answers
5k views

Did Bobby Fischer actually write "Bobby Fischer Teaches Chess"?

14 votes
4 answers
713 views

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

13 votes
5 answers
3k views

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

13 votes
3 answers
1k views

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

12 votes
3 answers
4k views

Caro-Kann Apocalypse Attack

11 votes
6 answers
16k views

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

11 votes
5 answers
4k views

What's the best strategy against the Hippo?

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

11 votes
1 answer
969 views

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

10 votes
2 answers
1k views

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

10 votes
11 answers
8k views

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

10 votes
1 answer
4k views

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

10 votes
1 answer
709 views

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

10 votes
8 answers
2k views

Why are opening books so popular?

9 votes
2 answers
20k views

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

9 votes
3 answers
1k views

Refutation of the Blackmar-Diemer gambit?

8 votes
3 answers
577 views

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

8 votes
2 answers
3k views

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

8 votes
1 answer
1k views

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

8 votes
6 answers
2k views

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

7 votes
4 answers
5k views

Who are the strongest non-professional GMs?

7 votes
2 answers
884 views

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

7 votes
3 answers
240 views

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

7 votes
1 answer
444 views

Why isn't Gata Kamsky considered the first American since Bobby Fischer to fight for the World Championship?

7 votes
3 answers
800 views

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

7 votes
2 answers
282 views

Why is taking the e4 Pawn considered risky here?

6 votes
1 answer
2k views

Why did Valery Salov quit competitive chess?

6 votes
3 answers
1k views

Why is the g3 and Bg2 set up so strong vs the Dutch?

6 votes
2 answers
990 views

What is the status of correspondence chess?