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Sally Rooney on the peculiar genius of Ronnie O'Sullivan and the elusive mechanics of snooker
https://www.nybooks.com/articles/2025/03/27/angles-of-approach-unbreakable-ronnie-osullivan/
The New York Review of BooksAngles of Approach | Sally RooneyWhat makes Ronnie O’Sullivan the greatest player in the history of snooker? It isn’t just statistical dominance—it lies in his style, in the difference between thinking and acting.
Archived version: https://archive.ph/j6rkl
Here's one of the games Rooney writes about, where O'Sullivan seems to sense a maximum break absurdly early but also to feel ambivalent about finishing it: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SziyR3GmGZs