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He cracked badly under the strain.
He was something of a prima donna to start with, and the ludicrious "my chess dick is bigger than your chess dick" competition between the USSR and the US was a final straw.
I don't blame him, I would have lost it too, I reckon. All the crap that went on on both sides.
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Abstainer: a weak person who yields to the temptation of denying himself a pleasure.
Ambrose Bierce, The Devil's Dictionary.
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