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Nerdy Curio

November 19, 2019

Ranking Rise May Intimidate Opponents

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Today's Nerdy Curio is brought to you by 60-Second Science. In an analysis of chess and tennis matches, players rising in the rankings did better than expected against higher-ranked opponents, and better than similarly ranked players not currently rising....

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Aired November 6, 2019

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