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		spacebanana7 4 months ago \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Who's Afraid of Peter Thiel? A New Biography Sugge... Peter Thiel has a FIDE chess rating of 2199

ZeroGravitas 4 months ago [–]

While Elon Musk finds chess too boring and simple and that's why he has more money than Theil.

spacebanana7 4 months ago | [–]

That wealth accumulation and attitude to chess are probably just cope for losing too many games to his cofounder.

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