World Chess Champion Magnus Carlsen Is Now World Fantasy Premier League #1

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Post by thom » Sat, Dec 14, 2019, 3:49 PM UTC

World Chess Champion Magnus Carlsen Is Now World Fantasy Premier League #1
twitter.com

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Post by traderjane » Sat, Dec 14, 2019, 3:57 PM UTC

People who are competitive at one game sometimes jump to another based on market trends, and although the transition can be rough, enough make it through that it becomes a visible thing.

This is a mild argument for generality of competence.

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Post by qzx_pierri » Sat, Dec 14, 2019, 4:00 PM UTC

This guy’s mind is amazing

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Post by thom » Sat, Dec 14, 2019, 4:02 PM UTC

Interesting that he mentions a stats-based approach, calling out provider Opta by name:

https://twitter.com/MagnusCarlsen/status/1204105872668016642

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Post by [deleted] » Sat, Dec 14, 2019, 4:04 PM UTC

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Post by bdz » Sat, Dec 14, 2019, 4:08 PM UTC

This is his account (not updated yet) https://fantasy.premierleague.com/entry/1908330/event/17

He was climbing really well https://fantasy.premierleague.com/entry/1908330/history

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Post by vages » Sat, Dec 14, 2019, 4:08 PM UTC

thom wrote: post #4

Interesting that he mentions a stats-based approach, calling out provider Opta by name: https://twitter.com/MagnusCarlsen/status/1204105872668016642

Sounds like a clever marketing scheme from Opta.

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Post by andrepd » Sat, Dec 14, 2019, 4:09 PM UTC

thom wrote: post #4

Interesting that he mentions a stats-based approach, calling out provider Opta by name: https://twitter.com/MagnusCarlsen/status/1204105872668016642

Opta is the pioneer and the current standard of detailed football statistics.

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Post by jaywalk » Sat, Dec 14, 2019, 4:13 PM UTC

Fantasy Soccer.

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Post by na85 » Sat, Dec 14, 2019, 4:19 PM UTC

jaywalk wrote: post #9

Fantasy Soccer.

"Football" is the proper name for hundreds of millions of people, and literally anyone outside North America.