Skilling Open
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Skilling Open
The success of The Queen's Gambit is definitely creating some great opportunities for chess. The Play Magnus Group has purchased the rights for the Champions Chess Tour and the online Skilling Open due to start on November 22 will be covered live on Eurosport. Chess24 article
The players announced so far for the 16-player Skilling Open are:
1. Ding Liren
2. Levon Aronian
3. Teimour Radjabov
4. David Anton
5. Sergey Karjakin
The players announced so far for the 16-player Skilling Open are:
1. Ding Liren
2. Levon Aronian
3. Teimour Radjabov
4. David Anton
5. Sergey Karjakin
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I see the 650 million fantasy of Kirsan and Agon is still going strong.
From the link
Trojan Paillot, VP Rights Acquisitions and Distribution at Eurosport, said:
Chess has a great potential to attract a dedicated, global audience and Eurosport has a proven track record in its ability to increase awareness of a sport and establish a solid platform for rights holders to grow their fanbase and attraction towards new territories. Play Magnus Group is known for innovating and modernising a game played by over 650 million people globally. Eurosport will facilitate and fasten the development of the game thanks to a combined linear and digital approach, bringing Chess to the widest number of people through our broadcast and distribution operations.
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The Eurosport site with a little more info. Nice to see this:
"Chess will take its place alongside other premium sporting events on Eurosport for viewers in more than 60 markets across Europe* and Asia, expanding the reach of the professional game to millions."
"Chess will take its place alongside other premium sporting events on Eurosport for viewers in more than 60 markets across Europe* and Asia, expanding the reach of the professional game to millions."
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"I see the 650 million fantasy of Kirsan and Agon is still going strong."
It's grown by 50 million hasn't it? Still, there have been reports of people learning chess during lockdown...
I seem to remember Eurosport broadcasting chess programmes before? Those Intel events perhaps? They have been good for minority sports, e.g. rodeo.
It's grown by 50 million hasn't it? Still, there have been reports of people learning chess during lockdown...
I seem to remember Eurosport broadcasting chess programmes before? Those Intel events perhaps? They have been good for minority sports, e.g. rodeo.
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6. Liem Quang LeChris Rice wrote: ↑Sun Nov 08, 2020 9:09 pmThe players announced so far for the 16-player Skilling Open are:
1. Ding Liren
2. Levon Aronian
3. Teimour Radjabov
4. David Anton
5. Sergey Karjakin
7. Wesley So
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Player 8Mick Norris wrote: ↑Thu Nov 12, 2020 8:49 am6. Liem Quang LeChris Rice wrote: ↑Sun Nov 08, 2020 9:09 pmThe players announced so far for the 16-player Skilling Open are:
1. Ding Liren
2. Levon Aronian
3. Teimour Radjabov
4. David Anton
5. Sergey Karjakin
7. Wesley So
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Did Svidler win a qualifier for this, or am I hallucinating?
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I can't see anything on the Champions Chess Tour site regarding Svidler but I thought I was hallucinating when I scrolled to the bottom and saw the VIP Package as 4999 euros and then saw the asterix underneath and realised that was an EarlyBird offer from the "normal" price of 7499 euros!Mick Norris wrote: ↑Thu Nov 12, 2020 8:01 pmDid Svidler win a qualifier for this, or am I hallucinating?
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9. Jan-Krzysztof Duda
10. Vidit Gujrathi
10. Vidit Gujrathi
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Are they drip-feeding the names of the participants the way they do with "Strictly Come Dancing" and "I'm a Nonentity Get Me Out of Here"?
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I think that he won a qualifier for a Tour place, rather than for this particular event. I think that each tournament will comprise a mixture of full Tour participants and wildcards.Mick Norris wrote: ↑Thu Nov 12, 2020 8:01 pmDid Svidler win a qualifier for this, or am I hallucinating?
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YesKevin Thurlow wrote: ↑Sat Nov 14, 2020 5:36 pmAre they drip-feeding the names of the participants the way they do with "Strictly Come Dancing" and "I'm a Nonentity Get Me Out of Here"?
11. MVL
12. Carlsen confirmed as playing; David Howell as commentating
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Drip, drip, drip....Ian Nepomniachtchi is the 13th player to be confirmed.
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"Drip, drip, drip....Ian Nepomniachtchi is the 13th player to be confirmed."
And I've heard of all of them...
And I've heard of all of them...