Coffeehouse Chess with Hikaru and Daryl Morey – The Interview

April 14, 2020 ArinaSapglype Personalities, Contemporary Masters

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Welcome to my interview with Daryl Morey, the General Manager of the Houston Rockets Basketball team. Daryl’s been a huge chess fan for a very long time and is visiting my channel for some chat and chess. This is the chat portion, we’ll post the chess portion later on this week. Thanks!
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