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At the FIDE Chess.com Grand Swiss tournament, two games between high-ranked players on adjacent boards were identical for the first 19 moves, then diverged as soon as one of the games was relocated

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  1. Eylrid
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    I wonder how much of this was deliberate following, independently thinking a given move was the right one, seeing the other player make a move and justifying in their head why it was the best one,...

    I wonder how much of this was deliberate following, independently thinking a given move was the right one, seeing the other player make a move and justifying in their head why it was the best one, or the whole thing just getting in the players' heads.

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