EPTWorld Chess Championship 2013 - Page 9
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mdb
Bulgaria4059 Posts
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kwizach
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edit: my bad, this is wrong [later edits: apparently not!], I took it from a site which apparently confused the already finished chess world cup and the chess championship. Trent and Polgar commentated the world cup. second edit: actually, Trent tweeted the following on the 4th of November: Lawrence Trent @LawrenceTrentIM 4 Nov Extremely excited and honoured to be going to Chennai as commentator for Anand-Carlsen, for me the biggest WcH match since Fischer-Spassky. third edit: and on her page, Susan Polgar says she is going to be commentating... Looks like Polgar & Trent was right all along! | ||
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urboss
Austria1223 Posts
I don't know these guys. | ||
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Orome
Switzerland11984 Posts
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Cel.erity
United States4890 Posts
http://www.chessclub.com/ | ||
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mdb
Bulgaria4059 Posts
On November 06 2013 22:36 urboss wrote: On the official site they say it's IM Aman Hambleton, IM Tania Sachdev, and GM Vidit Gujrathi. I don't know these guys. I hope this is not the case, because we need really strong GMs to commentate the games. | ||
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slowbacontron
United States7722 Posts
For example http://www.chessbase.com/post/chebase-guide-to-the-world-championship | ||
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Cel.erity
United States4890 Posts
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Orome
Switzerland11984 Posts
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urboss
Austria1223 Posts
No one can match his analysis and his love for the game. | ||
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slowbacontron
United States7722 Posts
On November 06 2013 23:39 urboss wrote: I wonder why they never get Kasparov as a commentator. No one can match his analysis and his love for the game. I believe he's on team Carlsen for this match :o | ||
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urboss
Austria1223 Posts
On November 06 2013 22:59 mdb wrote: Lawrence Trent is ok but when he has a strong grossmaister besides him. Recently there was event where Susan Polgar was commentating and I think she did pretty good job. I hope this is not the case, because we need really strong GMs to commentate the games. At least Tania Sachdev seems to be pretty hot... | ||
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Nyxisto
Germany6287 Posts
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vndestiny
Singapore3441 Posts
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thragar
Canada450 Posts
Thank you in advance for answering all my noob questions. | ||
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Moonsalt
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Orome
Switzerland11984 Posts
On November 07 2013 00:29 thragar wrote: So I'm completely new to this watching competitive chess thing, and I poked around a bit. Is there actually going to be video of this event? Are the broadcasts pretty polished with showing the board and commentators and such? Will there be VODs available since I'm in the EST timezone and probably won't wake up for it with all the BlizzCon watching I need to do this weekend? I am not that good at chess but I like it, and this match has me intrigued. Thank you in advance for answering all my noob questions. The way it usually works is different chess sites and servers run their separate broadcasts. These broadcasts mostly don't show any live video from the venue. There's also going to be an official stream which I assume will show live video, shots of the players, etc., but the casting team seems to be made up of 2 IMs and a GM I've never heard of. That doesn't mean that it has to be bad, but it's a little odd. The candidates tournament for instance had Nigel Short on the official live stream, a very strong and famous GM. There were vods for the candidates tournament, but I don't know how the official stream will work for this one. There will definitely be vods for the broadcast of ICC (Internet Chess Club, where most strong GMs play) though and you should be able to access them for free if you activate your 1 month free trial. No live video in that broadcast though. As for the broadcasts being polished... they might be since this WC match is a huge deal for the chess world, but usually they're not. Competitive chess doesn't really cater to new viewers, the general idea being that if you're crazy enough to watch live chess, you won't care about polished presentation anyway. :p | ||
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urboss
Austria1223 Posts
On November 05 2013 16:08 Blargh wrote: Magnus should win this quite dominantly... Unless he randomly gets some foreign (Indian) illness!! It seems that Carlsen demanded to add a clause in the regulations that permits the championship to be postponed if a player gets ill. In addition, he brought his own chef... | ||
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Nightsz
Canada398 Posts
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Andre
Slovenia3523 Posts
Seems like it's gonna be quite fun but so many games ~~ | ||
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