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In the days before the event,
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he had the whole world
wondering if he would show up.
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Plane after plane
waited on the runway
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while he napped
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or took walks
and ate sandwiches.
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Henry Kissinger called
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and asked him to go
for his country's honor.
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Soon after arriving,
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he offended the Icelanders
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by calling their country
inadequate
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because they had
no bowling alleys.
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He complained
about the TV cameras,
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about the lighting,
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about
the table and chairs,
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and the contrast of
the squares on the board.
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His hotel room, he said,
had too nice a view.
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None of this had anything
to do with chess, of course...
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or maybe it did.
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If he won,
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he'd be the first
American world champion in history.
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If he lost,
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he'd just be another
patzer from Brooklyn.