Can elite GMs who know optimal opening lines many moves deep immediately refute any suboptimal move by an opponent? - Quora

Answer (1 of 4): Elite GMs tend to know every opening they play intimately. If one of their opponents deviates from theory, what will usually happen is that the GM will think “that’s not normal” and then analyze the position and find a refutation if there is one. It’s not guaranteed that they wil

Can elite GMs who know optimal opening lines many moves deep immediately refute any suboptimal move by an opponent? - Quora

Could Lee Se-dol have excelled at chess maybe not to the level of chess legends but the top 100 players or at least becoming a grandmaster if he had invested the same

Can elite GMs who know optimal opening lines many moves deep immediately refute any suboptimal move by an opponent? - Quora

Since Shogi has such a low draw rate, do some top players suspect the game may in fact be a forced win by one side? If so, what side is more likely

The Alekhine and French defences were dropped at GM level. Even Alpha Zero has stopped using them after a while of training. Does it mean that White has a perfect strategy to

Can elite GMs who know optimal opening lines many moves deep immediately refute any suboptimal move by an opponent? - Quora

Do GMs normally know all the main lines and well-known variations of the famous openings? - Quora

In the English Opening in chess, after 1. c4 e6, a book by Marin recommends 2. g3 but the chess.com computer recommends 2. Nf3. Which is right? - Quora

How did Hikaru Nakamura get so incredibly fast at tactics even compared to other GMs? - Quora

Can chess grandmasters think 25-30 moves ahead? - Quora

When two GMs are playing how easy is it for a player to intentionally draw? - Quora

How deep (number of moves) do GMs and super GMs think in a classical match? - Quora