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Originally Posted by FireGilbert
Anyone following the Chess Olympiad?
The best story was Magnus Carlsen’s team getting stuck in traffic and failing to pick him up, so he rented a city bike and raced through the rain making it with 3 minutes to spare before disqualification. Still won easily.
Also interesting that team China rested Ding Liren vs Gukesh in a must win game. Not a good sign for Ding’s confidence. He’s got two months to figure things out or their world chess championship match will be a blowout.
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To be fair to Ding, he really should not be playing his best chess leading up to the Tournament. He should be playing stuff he doesn't plan on playing so that he doesn't show his cards.