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
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.
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.