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Race #216

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Official speed 77.35 wpm (75.24 seconds elapsed during race)
Race Start March 20, 2019 9:43:15pm UTC
Race Finish March 20, 2019 9:44:30pm UTC
Outcome No win (2 of 5)
Accuracy 97.0%
Points 113.45
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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.