Stuff learned from ESPNEWS interview with Lederer today

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-Lederer once had a chess rating of around 2150

-Lederer just finished playing in a tournament in Louisiana where he finished 12th. The tournament will have coverage on ESPN, apparantly

-Lederer talked of how the game is changing and 21-23 year olds are learning in 1 year what took him 5-10 years

-Lederer spoke of being very unhappy that he was knocked out in 3rd of the TOC, but said that the real tragedy would have been if Annie lost to Phil.