Zach (encasedthought)

Race #5066

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Official speed 104.14 wpm (55.89 seconds elapsed during race)
Race Start October 20, 2017 2:03:09am UTC
Race Finish October 20, 2017 2:04:05am UTC
Outcome Win (1 of 5)
Accuracy 98.0%
Points 152.74
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Soon after arriving, he offended the Icelanders by calling their country inadequate because it had no bowling alleys. He complained about the TV cameras, about the lighting, about the table and chairs, and the contrast of the squares on the board. His hotel room, he said, had too nice a view. None of this has anything to do with chess of course. But maybe it did. If he won, he'd be the first American world champion in history. If he lost, he'd just be another patzer from Brooklyn.