Michael (michaelm67)

Race #41

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Official speed 64.16 wpm (90.71 seconds elapsed during race)
Race Start October 12, 2017 9:59:46pm UTC
Race Finish October 12, 2017 10:01:17pm UTC
Outcome No win (3 of 5)
Accuracy 95.0%
Points 94.11
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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.