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Oliver Roeder is a journalist, author and games player. He is a former senior writer for FiveThirtyEight, where he covered the World Chess Championship and other gaming pursuits. The following is ...

Indians that if you're not at your absolute best, there are enough opponents around who are good enough to take advantage.