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This archive presents the most instructive and/or interesting letters from the readers of this site. We've all carried important chess questions with us that have begged for some form of explanation. Hopefully, the material here will finally give you the answers you've dreamed of getting for so long.
	08-10-08: Grandmasters Only? 04-04-08: Smith-Morra Gambit: Exploring a New 8th Move 05-05-07: Questions About the London System 04-05-07: Secret Teaching Technique 03-05-07: Alekhine's Defence, Four Pawn Attack with 5...g5!? 01-05-07: Instructive Game Collections 12-05-06: English Opening, How Computers Effect Opening Theory 11-05-06: Angry Book Owner 10-05-06: I Like Curacao! 09-05-06: Reassessing How to Reassess Your Chess 08-05-06: War Zone in the Glek Variation of the Four Knights 06-05-06: Question in the Kalashnikov Sicilian 05-05-06: Taylor and Chess Life 04-05-06: Caro-Kann and How to Use Imbalances 11-05-05: Splat the Lat! 9-05-05: Caro and Colle 7-5-05: Rooks and Structure 6-10-05: Three Letters About Study and Books 4-05-05: Two Questions, One on the French and the other on the Amateur's Mind 3-05-05: Is There More to Chess Success Than Moves 2-02-05: Why Yusupov used Lasker's Variation of the QGD 1-02-05: Bb5 in the Advance French 12-00-04: Benko Gambit Confusion 11-02-04: ECO or BUST 10-04-04: Three Very Different Questions 06-30-04:Two Questions An Opening Query And One About Chess Psychology 05-28-04: The Opening, The Middlegame, and the Endgame 04-24-04: Who Should Write Chess Books 04-17-04: Are Classic Books Better Than New Ones? 04-10-04: Studying Tactics and Recommended Tactical Books 04-03-04: Improvement Oriented Chess Books 03-27-04: Changing One's Repertoire 03-20-04: The Use of Gambits 03-13-04: Two Questions About Reportoire Study 03-06-04: Opposition: A Means to an End 02-28-04: Two Questions Concerning How To Reassess Your Chess 02-23-04: A Defensive Pawn Structure In the Endgame 02-16-04: How to Study the Opening 02-08-04: Age & A Confession 07-19-03: Enough! 04-28-03: Transition From One Plan to Another 10-11-02: Why Play Chess? 09-09-02: The Evolution of Your Opening Repertoire 06-25-02: How Does One Prioritize A Plan?
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