Magnus Carlsen - Hikaru Nakamura blitz match Thur 27th Oct

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Magnus Carlsen - Hikaru Nakamura blitz match Thur 27th Oct

Post by Paul Cooksey » Wed Oct 26, 2016 12:53 pm

Lots of online promotion for the final of the chess.com #Blitzbattle series, but I thought I'd mention it in case anyone had managed to miss the announcement. 6pm uk time tomorrow.

Preview:
https://www.chess.com/article/view/7-re ... -next-week

I am certainly looking forward to it.
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Paul Cooksey
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Re: Magnus Carlsen - Hikaru Nakamura blitz match Thur 27th Oct

Post by Paul Cooksey » Thu Oct 27, 2016 6:13 pm

nightmare fischer random start for Magnus
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Joshua Gibbs

Re: Magnus Carlsen - Hikaru Nakamura blitz match Thur 27th Oct

Post by Joshua Gibbs » Thu Oct 27, 2016 6:25 pm

https://www.twitch.tv/chess

to watch it live
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Barry Sandercock
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Re: Magnus Carlsen - Hikaru Nakamura blitz match Thur 27th Oct

Post by Barry Sandercock » Fri Oct 28, 2016 1:00 pm

Magnus won the match brilliantly.
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Re: Magnus Carlsen - Hikaru Nakamura blitz match Thur 27th Oct

Post by Matt Mackenzie » Fri Oct 28, 2016 2:04 pm

All the Naka fanboys who claimed that Magnus was cruisin' for a bruisin' - lets hear you ;)
"Set up your attacks so that when the fire is out, it isn't out!" (H N Pillsbury)
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Re: Magnus Carlsen - Hikaru Nakamura blitz match Thur 27th Oct

Post by John Brewitt » Fri Oct 28, 2016 6:55 pm

Yes, it was a bitter pill to swallow, even for the biased commentators. IM Daniel Rensch seemed to be in denial, to the very end. :lol:
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Joshua Gibbs

Re: Magnus Carlsen - Hikaru Nakamura blitz match Thur 27th Oct

Post by Joshua Gibbs » Sat Oct 29, 2016 3:17 am

In case anyone missed it :)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9H0USVfLzv4
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Re: Magnus Carlsen - Hikaru Nakamura blitz match Thur 27th Oct

Post by Ian Thompson » Tue Nov 01, 2016 6:22 pm

chess.com are claiming what seem to me to be very high viewing figures.
chess.com wrote:At some point, the match was the #3 watched show on Twitch.tv, the leading website for gaming and e-sports. A total of 183,000 unique viewers watched the show, and the hashtag #BlitzBattle was trending.
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Re: Magnus Carlsen - Hikaru Nakamura blitz match Thur 27th Oct

Post by Roger de Coverly » Tue Nov 01, 2016 6:42 pm

If 183,000 is thought to be larger than plausible, what does it say about the 600,000,000 players claimed by FIDE, Agon and others?
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