EPTChess also has a "low power mode" in case there are power outages there's a mode that can be powered by candles.
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MoreFaSho
United States1427 Posts
Chess also has a "low power mode" in case there are power outages there's a mode that can be powered by candles. | ||
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Nicolas
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And i have to agree with them that from a spectator perspective it does bother me that they don't play out the match. I think a format with more time and no draw offer rule would be better. I mean these matches last way too little, look at the snooker tour where a match can last more than 1 day lol. Also are there any more of these chess tournaments coming up with good production ? | ||
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MoreFaSho
United States1427 Posts
On April 24 2011 15:11 rekul wrote: Thx so much to the op for posting this, it's been great so far, love the commentators. And i have to agree with them that from a spectator perspective it does bother me that they don't play out the match. I think a format with more time and no draw offer rule would be better. I mean these matches last way too little, look at the snooker tour where a match can last more than 1 day lol. Also are there any more of these chess tournaments coming up with good production ? There are quite a few chess tournaments throughout the year that have pretty good production, although mostly just game boards with audio commentary, I think the ability to interview the players like this adds a lot. www.chessclub.com (Internet Chess Club) has live commentary quite often via chess.fm (they did for this event as well) The next big tournament is the world championship candidates starting May 3rd. The only player from this event that will be playing is Gata Kamsky. The commentators on ICC for this tournament have been Joel Benjamin and Jan Smeets for the more recent rounds and I find them to be very good commentators. As for draws, I think you can ask a lot of the players when you put on a nice event and they get paid like they are here. Some events require you to ask the arbiter to agree to a draw which works pretty well. I think it's easy to forget the are many tournaments where players are only paid if they win and the tournament isn't really treated as a spectator event and they should consider those event separately. It would be like telling all starcraft players that they need to play all games out until the last building is destroyed. | ||
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United States10328 Posts
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goldrush
Canada709 Posts
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