EPTWas close 2 years ago, closed out the deal this year.
Ever since (and before) he went on that legendary 7-0 start in the 2014 Sinquefield cup, people were dying to see this Car-Car World Championship match.
It took 4 years, but it happens at last.
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don_kyuhote
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Was close 2 years ago, closed out the deal this year. Ever since (and before) he went on that legendary 7-0 start in the 2014 Sinquefield cup, people were dying to see this Car-Car World Championship match. It took 4 years, but it happens at last. | ||
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Pulimuli1
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Orome
Switzerland11984 Posts
For all the people who don't usually follow chess but are interested in tuning in to the world championship: There are many places to follow the games. The main site commentary (behind a paywall) will be done by Judit Polgar, who is great, and other popular channels like the chessbrahs will also be doing their thing, but the best commentary lineup for this year can't really be in doubt. Chess24 somehow managed to get Svidler, Giri AND Grischuk. Svidler's been the best chess commentator for many years now and is usually enough to edge out any other broadcast on his own, but together with the other two it's just absurd quality. Numbers 5, 9, and 20 in the world. Giri's very articulate, provocative, and has some mild beef with Carlsen, which should be fun. Grischuk's one of the funniest and most brilliant guys in the scene. He's also one of the best blitz players in the world, and he'll play blitz against premium members after the end of every round (watching is free). The other two will do the same on rest days. It's gonna be awesome. Not really sure who I'm rooting for. I do enjoy my sports hegemonies, but I remember Caruana kibitzing online when he was an up-and-coming teenager. Very nice guy. | ||
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don_kyuhote
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RDO
Italy60 Posts
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Jockmcplop
United Kingdom9615 Posts
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Orome
Switzerland11984 Posts
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LegalLord
United Kingdom13775 Posts
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Orome
Switzerland11984 Posts
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LegalLord
United Kingdom13775 Posts
On November 08 2018 00:50 Orome wrote: I agree with that, but I don't think it's going to be an issue with any of the broadcasts I mentioned. Polgar's good at explaining things for a broad audience, the chessbrahs aren't super GMs who go crazy with variations in the first place, and chess24 will have Sopiko (Giri's wife, an IM) to keep the boys in check. Sopiko is pretty good at it. I just remembered one time she was replaced with a GM mid-cast for one match and it did quickly descend into chessbro territory. Was not a fan. | ||
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Jubinell
333 Posts
Wondering what are some nice and free resources for kids? Maybe some interactive games and learning software coupled with some nice AI for game simulations? He speaks English and French. | ||
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AKnopf
Germany259 Posts
great to hear that new chess players are on the way (don't forget the ever so important starcraft education, though  )chess.com has this kids programme called chess kids. It can be found here: https://www.chesskid.com/ They seem to have put a lot of thought and effort into it, but I have never tried it myself so I cannot comment on how good it is. | ||
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fishjie
United States1519 Posts
also, i started playing again last year and posted here. my daily chess rating climbed to 1600, then dropped to 1500, and after much suffering, slowly climbed it back up to 1640 ish. couldn't break through to 1700 this year, welp theres always next year! meanwhile my rapid rating is 1900, only because ive just played a few games and i haven't lost yet, and they jump my rating too high. i know im not that good, but then when i play opponents they make simple blunders in rapid, like i forked two pieces with a pawn, or i backranked a guy. mind boggling how they fell for that stuff. but now everytime my rating jumps up, i get more and more scared to play and lose it lol | ||
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Orome
Switzerland11984 Posts
This is your twitch option. This is the broadcast I highly recommend. | ||
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JazVM
Germany1196 Posts
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ThePhan2m
Norway2750 Posts
On November 09 2018 05:24 JazVM wrote: I can't believe they put the first rest day on a weekend. How stupid is that? Its going to go on a long time anyway. Also, for viewer reasons, most big sport games are on sundays. So would be stupid to try compete against that. Why do you think it is stupid? | ||
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fishjie
United States1519 Posts
On November 09 2018 01:47 Orome wrote: This is the official website, but their coverage isn't free. This is your twitch option. This is the broadcast I highly recommend. thank you kind sir! i always heard chess24 had good video content, surprised chess.com isnt doing anything it will be good to see chessbrah commentary on twitch as well! edit: oh wait nm looks like chess.com has it too https://www.chess.com/wcc2018 | ||
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Mafe
Germany5966 Posts
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fishjie
United States1519 Posts
edit: omg 21 ... nf8 thats the move i would've played! (so far ive guessed wrong on most of them lol) i'm assuming magnus wants to move the knight to f4 eventually? | ||
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Orome
Switzerland11984 Posts
On November 10 2018 02:18 fishjie wrote: thank you kind sir! i always heard chess24 had good video content, surprised chess.com isnt doing anything it will be good to see chessbrah commentary on twitch as well! edit: oh wait nm looks like chess.com has it too https://www.chess.com/wcc2018 Yeah, they just announced it really late. I find Danny Rensch hard to handle so I won't be watching them, but their guest list looks pretty nice. Also holy shit is Caruana actually going to get away with a draw here. | ||
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