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Visky business

5 October 2019

9:00 AM

5 October 2019

9:00 AM

‘Visky,’ said the man driving the taxi.

 
‘Risky?’

 
‘Visky.’

 
‘Ah… whisky! Or vodka.’ I grinned as I got out. ‘Maybe see you last year,’ I ventured in bungled Russian.

 
There was no bottle to hand, but my wounded ego was soothed by the prescription. I’d been freshly eliminated from the World Cup in Siberia in a blitz tiebreak by Daniil Yuffa, an amiable young Russian.

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