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Video: French grandmaster Vachier-Lagrave on his recent world title and why his hair is pink

Maxime Vachier-Lagrave at the 2020-2021 Candidates Tournament in Yekaterinburg. © Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 4.0 International

Maxime Vachier-Lagrave won his first world title after triumphing in the world blitz championship held recently in Warsaw.

The 31-year-old French grandmaster after beating Polish grandmaster Jan-Krzysztof Duda in a tiebreaker, told RFI “it’s a great feeling and a relief”.

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