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How did a match between chess grandmasters devolve into a bizarre scandal about anal beads? This documentary digs into the stranger-than-fiction story.
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00:00I know that I'm relatively bright, but I'm not a genius.
00:04Like, I'm not something amazing.
00:06I only know that when I sit down at the board,
00:09I am better than the other guy.
00:19I sometimes feel as though I don't deserve it.
00:23I feel like, at times, it's kind of easy to me.
00:29There are probably people who have worked a lot harder
00:33who haven't reached as far.
00:39I had played him a couple of times online,
00:42and it was at times quite entertaining
00:45because his mood swings would be pretty wild.
00:49I was just this kid who didn't view himself
00:53as this potential champion,
00:55and suddenly here I am playing Magnus.
00:58Playing the world champion, I'm playing a player
01:00I've looked up to for so long.
01:01So, of course, I'm going to be very excited.
01:04He was pretty decent,
01:06but I still won the game quite easily.
01:10Mate.
01:11Very pleasing.
01:15He's a good player who happens to be American
01:18and we'll talk a lot.
01:22We'll talk a lot.
01:29We'll talk a lot.
01:37We'll talk a lot.
01:37I know the world champion.
01:37But hey, we're pretty good.
01:38We'll talk a lot.
01:38We'll talk to him in a bit.
01:38We'll talk to him.
01:38So, thanks to him.
01:38He has a great day.
01:38He will talk to you at all,
01:38I was going to talk about it.
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