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Originally Posted by Enoch Root
Comments like this make me laugh.
Do the US GMs have inside info on the US players? Do the Canadian GMs have inside info on the Canadian players?
Suggesting 'Jarmo' knows something that no one else knows, simply because he's Finnish, is absolutely laughable.
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Not ludicrous at all. Who's the GM with the biggest network of people to talk to in Finland? Probably Kekelainen. Which GM can phone up anybody in Finland and ask them questions in their native tongue? Kekelainen. He can get Intel himself from a wide variety of Finnish contacts. Every other GM has to rely on their Finnish scout or their limited contacts in Finland.
Laughable? Common sense actually. Your Canadian/US comparisons fail because of the languages they speak and because every GM has strong contacts and networks in those countries.