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The Best in KibBlitzing, 2008
Does how you dress affect how you play?
Chris Dobbs: "I have not counted, but I would say I have at least twenty ties of all colors and designs."
Abby Marshall: "It depends on who is wearing the clothes."
Amanda Mateer: "Chess has and never will be about what anyone looks like on the surface."
If you were not a chessplayer you would be...
Dean Ippolito: "A biologist or maybe the President of the United States."
Sam Shankland: "Maybe a spy or some kind of government agent."
Fabiano Caruana: "Like James Bond."
Sergey Erenburg: "Well, I’m working on it. Hopefully, I’ll get a degree in Finances."
Abby Marshall: “A rich and famous rockstar.”
Macauley Peterson: "A filmmaker, but then again, why not be both?"
Craziest tournament experience?
Abby Marshall: "One time, me and this other person, whom I was interested in, got left behind and we stayed out until 2:00 A.M. or so, hanging out in downtown Beijing."
Jack Edelson: "Waiting 45 minutes at the hotel restaurant for my food, only to be told they’re out of chicken."
Tyler Hughes: "Hilton juggle oranges in a moving tram."
Meaning of life?
Jack Hutton: "Love, whether it be found in nature, a god, or in one's relationships with others. Either that or NASCAR."
Emily Francis: "To simply enjoy it and find happiness in whatever you do."
Amandma Mateer: "I don't think we're meant to know that!"
Chess curses and blessings?
Daniel Yeager: "Blessing: scholarship elgibility and satisfaction. Curse: less time for living real life."
Draw a lower-rated player down a rook?
Scott Low: "If I only have a king left and my opponent has an extra rook, I'll certainly take a draw."
Breakfast food is...
Tyler Hughes: "Coffee and bread, nothing special."
Courtney Jamison: "Breads, luncheon meats, muesli, coffee, orange juice, and nutella!"
Abby Marshall: “Wheaties, breakfast of champions. Just kidding, I actually hate Wheaties.”
Kasparov or Colbert?
Jean Hoffman: "Garry Kasparov. As members of the chess community, we need to start acknowledging the inherent coolness of chess."
Emily Francis: "I'm sorry Kasparov..."
Your role-models are...
Jack Edelson: "Colonel Moreau. At Monte Carlo 1903, this chess patron and amateur player played 26 games against the likes of Tarrasch and Pillsbury. He lost all 26."
Alan Naroditsky: "My role model in chess is definitely my brother. It doesn't matter that I taught him the moves a long time ago; now he's teaching me!" ♦
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