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...I hesitatingly choose Nepomniachtchi for a third victory, but would not be surprised if Caruana or Firouzja won. The women’s Candidates looks easier to predict....
...The first game of his that I ever played over made a big impression....
...I think it’s a very classical way to do it.”...
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...One essential element is a subject with a high level of charisma, and nobody offered more of that than American conductor and composer Leonard Bernstein....
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...This is not to accuse my opponent of anything, who played an amazing game and deserved to win, but honestly, as soon as I saw my opponent was wearing a watch early in the game, I lost my ability to concentrate...
...Leonard Hyman Sleepy Hollow, NY, US...
...I was particularly impressed by her win against Japan’s No6 man last week in Budapest....
...There are first hints too of inner conflict, Bernstein lamenting: “The world wants us to be only one thing, and I find that deplorable.”...
...The 1930s cohort, which included Jacques Mieses, Ernst Klein and Paul List, were my opponents in several games in my distant 1950s chess youth, and I learnt much from competing against them....
...I am willing to play Niemann in future events, should we be paired together.”...
...Carlsen had been the one pressing, and when you have been on the back foot the whole time, you have a “I can still hold this” mindset rather than a “can I win?”...
...The composer Leonard Bernstein had a big nose. Bradley Cooper, who is playing him in the upcoming film Maestro, also has a big nose, but not as big. So, for the film, he’s wearing a fake one....
...Like I hate when I have one piece that I know is badly placed and I cannot improve it.”...
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...I don’t think they can spell football, never mind understand it”. “Away from home, our fans are fantastic,” he said....
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