He's an absolute beast on the table. Pretty relaxed, friendly guy who takes his personal game serious. He was at the hall last night, and was nice to see that he remembered kicking my ass 9-1 a couple years ago. I never asked him for a photo at that time, as I was more interested in simply talking to him post-game, and don't really think during a tournament is the right place for such a thing to take place. He is one of two players on the planet I would actually bother to ask for a photo (and he obliged me last night with a bit of banter - will put it next to my pic with KPY on my refrigerator

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Fedor was busy getting the angles with his camera man, dodging marker pens, and Xue was just casually milling around, practicing and chatting.
Would pay good money to watch Xue Vs Fedor in a long race for big money.
And lots that should be in that range that don't even have a rating. I would hazard to guess how big the 800+ list would grow if some of the mainland contingent took part as regularly in Fargo-rated competition as players from other countries.