I think it was posted upthread, but he was also playing somewhat average players (by his standards or by his software's standards) in order to game the system and bump up his rating. I think they had had their eye on him for awhile.
It's like with the Russiar thing. You'll never find an email or voice mail from Trump to Manafort/Stone/etc telling them to do shady shit. It's just understood that this needs to be done, or else it's communicated down the org chart like the mob family that the Rs have become.
Helping Cheeto get elected in '16 was cool for Putin. If he can repeat that in '20, then the USA is pretty much over. I really wonder how many Russians and how much $ is being poured into efforts to disrupt our election. It would probably be mindboggling to find out that number.
An impeachment hearing could amplify all of these facts that are just meaningless sound bytes for average Americans. Not sure it will matter even then.
This kid is so good looking! Do you know that everyone around the world is talking about you? You're a rock star. You may get a movie deal out of this.
Uncle Joe and Aunt Nancy both have trouble spitting out their thoughts at this point. Trump will bang that drum incessantly if Biden gets the nomination.