Thorbert (tobtoby)

Race #23

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Official speed 66.46 wpm (87.57 seconds elapsed during race)
Race Start December 1, 2020 3:36:48pm UTC
Race Finish December 1, 2020 3:38:15pm UTC
Outcome No win (2 of 4)
Opponents 3. subhamiit15 (55.11 wpm)
Accuracy 95.0%
Points 97.47
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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.