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This article was originally published on stlpublicradio.org on March 6.
By Mike Wilmering
What do Bill Nye the Science Guy, President Barack Obama and Bryan Cranston of Breaking Bad fame have in common with the best chess player in the country?
They’ve all subjected themselves to the rigor of being grilled by the anonymous public via Reddit’s Ask Me Anything (AMA).
A Reddit AMA provides a forum for celebrities, athletes, musicians, politicians and other notable public figures to respond online to questions submitted by other Reddit users for a pre-determined period of time.
Last week, Grandmaster Hikaru Nakamura, 26, answered hundreds of questions from fans and chess enthusiasts all across the world, and his responses were surprisingly candid.
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