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While I don't know why the poster put this up, one could argue that hn is about learning from others opinions, victories and mistakes.

Here, we are given a chance to analyze two great chess masters and replay their strategic battle. What decisions made one lose? How is the strategic deployment of pieces similar to running a company? What attracts hackers to chess?

Or it could be that bunch of people on hn like chess, and this got voted up. Who really knows what fuels articles to the front page of this community?