Is anyone watching the new series on BBC2 about chess?
If the BBC were hoping to jump on the Queens Gambit bandwagon,
and also capitalise on the publicity surrounding the Magnus/Hans
drama by using chess as a way to draw-in viewers, this isn't the
show!
I can honestly say I didn't think much of it... and it looks
like I'm not the only one.
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/femail/article-14485471/The-Queens-Gambit-isnt-Viewers-say-innuendo-filled-Chess-Masters-does-pathetic-disservice-game.html
D wrote:
On Mon, 17 Mar 2025, Blueshirt wrote:
Is anyone watching the new series on BBC2 about chess?
If the BBC were hoping to jump on the Queens Gambit bandwagon,
and also capitalise on the publicity surrounding the Magnus/Hans
drama by using chess as a way to draw-in viewers, this isn't the
show!
I can honestly say I didn't think much of it... and it looks
like I'm not the only one.
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/femail/article-14485471/The-Queens-Gambit-isnt-Viewers-say-innuendo-filled-Chess-Masters-does-pathetic-disservice-game.html
What a shame! =( Well, back to Gotham chess it is. ;) Jokes aside, there
are a few nice documentaries on youtube about chess. =)
I strongly recommend GM Daniel King's "Power Play Chess". For the most part he looks at older games, but they are classics.
William Hyde
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