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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....
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...The first game of his that I ever played over made a big impression....
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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...
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...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....
...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?”...
...I am willing to play Niemann in future events, should we be paired together.”...
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...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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