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Mr. Strong’s book dives into the political machinations behind the chess face-off in deliberate detail—Florence, born in Communist Hungary, is threatened by Walter with deportation if she doesn’t get Freddie to lose the match.

At a party, he explained to me that after every opening face-off, no matter what, he would skate down to the end of the ice and smear his opponent against the boards.

“And it’s also like a face-off. Maybe me versus my ego on a rainy war field at the end of ‘Squid Game.’”

Another shooting occurred on the 4 July public holiday at an ICE facility in Alvarado, Texas, after a protest escalated into a face-off with police.

After a news conference full of squabbling, the face-off passed without major incident.