which you'd know if you cared for anything other than...
Does the following dialogue imply
1) John Ohl is the same person who B has beaten him twelve straight games (B knows John Ohl, but he does not know that he is also a business man)
or
2) he is a completely different person from the one whom B has beaten twelve times (B does not know John Ohl at all)
Dialogue:
A: Do you remember John Ohl, from the chess-club? B: Only that I've beaten him twelve straight games. A: He's a businessman, which you'd know if you cared for anything other than chess. I've been corresponding with him, and he's agreed to finance me based on this season's success.
Top answer
1) John Ohl is the same person whom B has beaten in twelve straight games (B knows John Ohl, but he does not know that he is also a business man) Yes
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