I wonder if Hikarus not playing because he's scared of Hans?
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The report on here said that Hans was the only one that had winning chances in his game against Fabiano. Go Hans, I hope he does well.
Hikaru made prior commitments to play in the GCL in London. I strongly doubt that Hikaru is scared of Hans after eviscerating him, in the SCC last month, to the tune of 21-9.
Oh I wasn't thinking Naka was afraid of Hans in the chess skill sense, Naka is better than Hans right now, I was thinking maybe he was physically intimidated. Hans might give Naka the good ol Eric Hansen treatment.
Anybody watching or keeping up with it? It just started yesterday. There are 12 players and all round 1 games were drawn.