10:58Magnus Carlsen arrives 2.30 mins late for a 3 minute game | World Blitz 2022
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The best player in the world has burned nearly all his clock before sitting down. The circled timer makes the gap exact, thirty seconds against three minutes. Only one player alive could survive that, and you click to find out whether he does.
It sets up the absurd maths of arriving that late for a three-minute game.
It circles the clock so the thirty-second deficit is undeniable.
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