ESPN are not impressed with currently ongoing world championship games.
https://www.espn.in/chess/story/_/id/42804902/bored-games-six-straight-draws-chess-world-championship-tweak-format-gukesh-ding-fide-2024
They ask; "is it time to tweak the format ?" I think so.
Apart from hardcore classical chess fans, who probably lap-up 4 hour
games that earn half a point, these games are not very entertaining to
watch for the masses. Chess is supposedly more popular than ever, i
can't see the younger generation wanting too much of this tho.
No wonder Magnus got bored of it all.
On Sat, 7 Dec 2024, Silver Skull wrote:
Grandmaster Hikaru Nakamura "speaks the truth".
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9cy0Uwwk-e0
True. We here at rgcm are working hard on the format for the
next championship to make it more exciting! ;)
Grandmaster Hikaru Nakamura "speaks the truth".
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9cy0Uwwk-e0
D wrote:
On Sat, 7 Dec 2024, Silver Skull wrote:
Grandmaster Hikaru Nakamura "speaks the truth".
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9cy0Uwwk-e0
True. We here at rgcm are working hard on the format for the
next championship to make it more exciting! ;)
I could be harsh and say that if you want excitement go to the
cinema...
Chess at the WCC level between super GM's will always have an
element of "boring" as they are playing at a level where there
will be an element of cancelling each other out, as well as a
fear of losing.
However, if you are going to be called the World Chess Champion
then I think you should be the best at the main time control
formats, so in 2024 a WCC should include some elements of
'blitz' and 'rapid' within the format.
D wrote:
On Sat, 7 Dec 2024, Silver Skull wrote:
Grandmaster Hikaru Nakamura "speaks the truth".
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9cy0Uwwk-e0
True. We here at rgcm are working hard on the format for the
next championship to make it more exciting! ;)
I could be harsh and say that if you want excitement go to the
cinema...
Chess at the WCC level between super GM's will always have an
element of "boring" as they are playing at a level where there
will be an element of cancelling each other out, as well as a
fear of losing.
However, if you are going to be called the World Chess Champion
then I think you should be the best at the main time control
formats, so in 2024 a WCC should include some elements of
'blitz' and 'rapid' within the format.
On Sun, 8 Dec 2024 11:12:15 +0000, "Blueshirt" <blueshirt@indigo.news>
wrote:
D wrote:
On Sat, 7 Dec 2024, Silver Skull wrote:
Grandmaster Hikaru Nakamura "speaks the truth".
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9cy0Uwwk-e0
True. We here at rgcm are working hard on the format for the
next championship to make it more exciting! ;)
I could be harsh and say that if you want excitement go to the
cinema...
Chess at the WCC level between super GM's will always have an
element of "boring" as they are playing at a level where there
will be an element of cancelling each other out, as well as a
fear of losing.
However, if you are going to be called the World Chess Champion
then I think you should be the best at the main time control
formats, so in 2024 a WCC should include some elements of
'blitz' and 'rapid' within the format.
I've watched most of the Youtube game episodes (including last night's
up to about move 25 then viewed the rest this morning - I watch one of
the early games straight through but Singapore is 9 hrs off Pacific
time and 12 hrs off Eastern time and even though I'm now retired,
watching 5 hours of chess isn't on when the game starts at 1am Pacific
time)
Mind you I've followed (in print) pretty much all the matches from Petrosian-Spassky 1969 forward. (That was when I was a smart-ass
junior who still dreamed at that time of reaching those heights.
Didn't reach them of course but two years later I did meet Spassky)
On Sun, 8 Dec 2024 11:12:15 +0000, "Blueshirt" <blueshirt@indigo.news>
wrote:
Chess at the WCC level between super GM's will always have an
element of "boring" as they are playing at a level where there
will be an element of cancelling each other out, as well as a
fear of losing.
However, if you are going to be called the World Chess Champion
then I think you should be the best at the main time control
formats, so in 2024 a WCC should include some elements of
'blitz' and 'rapid' within the format.
I've watched most of the Youtube game episodes (including last night's
up to about move 25 then viewed the rest this morning - I watch one of
the early games straight through but Singapore is 9 hrs off Pacific
time and 12 hrs off Eastern time and even though I'm now retired,
watching 5 hours of chess isn't on when the game starts at 1am Pacific
time)
On Tue, 10 Dec 2024 4:29:34 +0000, The Horny Goat wrote:
On Sun, 8 Dec 2024 11:12:15 +0000, "Blueshirt" <blueshirt@indigo.news>
wrote:
Chess at the WCC level between super GM's will always have an
element of "boring" as they are playing at a level where there
will be an element of cancelling each other out, as well as a
fear of losing.
However, if you are going to be called the World Chess Champion
then I think you should be the best at the main time control
formats, so in 2024 a WCC should include some elements of
'blitz' and 'rapid' within the format.
I've watched most of the Youtube game episodes (including last night's
up to about move 25 then viewed the rest this morning - I watch one of
the early games straight through but Singapore is 9 hrs off Pacific
time and 12 hrs off Eastern time and even though I'm now retired,
watching 5 hours of chess isn't on when the game starts at 1am Pacific
time)
Five hour chess games are a tough watch. Moreso with the time difference involved. I prefer to watch three or four different re-caps from the
various youtubers to get a full analysis and different points of view
from these games as opposed to sitting through a whole game live. The
15+10 tie-break games are something i could tolerate - should it get
that far.
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