Media comments on chess

[David Robertson]

One billion viewers named and disputed here. Elsewhere, AGON claims earnings of $15 million from online views but, alas, won't supply evidence. And Malcolm Pein gets himself a GM title

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[Joshua Gibbs]

One billion viewers named and disputed here. Elsewhere, AGON claims earnings of $15 million from online views but, alas, won't supply evidence. And Malcolm Pein gets himself a GM title

Both hyperlinks go to the same page? they dont now

[JustinHorton]

Russians held the title from 1958 to 2000, except for a three-year period

Not all Russians and doesn't he mean 1948?

Meanwhile Dylan Loeb is back and not quite concentrating:

he never got another shot at the title because he never again qualified for the Zurich Candidates tournament

[JustinHorton]

One billion viewers named and disputed here

Although he lets himself down in the very next sentence.

[Roger de Coverly]

A piece in the Guardian about the play-offs.

https://www.theguardian.com/sport/2016/ ... ampionship

[Gary Kenworthy]

Bloomberg and the BBC World Service have US reports about Kirsan, suggesting he should not be in charge of a rising in popularity game. Affects sponsors. Also about UN Sanctions, abuse and corruption. Also why he cannot be at the match.
Sponsors wanting to sponsor. Rising numbers of young children.
Watch how the USA will react on this. Interesting stuff.

[Roger de Coverly]

Bloomberg and the BBC World Service have US reports about Kirsan

Searching for Bloomberg Kirsan comes up with several articles.

This one has already been linked
https://www.bloomberg.com/features/2016 ... mpionship/

This one just mentions chess and Kirsan in passing.
https://www.bloomberg.com/view/articles ... ison-it-is

This is one (from April 2016) about the relationship in Russia between chess and poker also mentions Kirsan
https://www.bloomberg.com/view/articles ... chess-star

[Stewart Reuben]

I only happened on this article last night.
In Tuesday 29 November Times 'A pawn in Putin's game? Chess star fights for his nation's pride.' On page 13 and over half a page.
Written by Will Pavla in NY.
Nothing new in the article. It repeats the nonsense of more than a billion people following the game online.
Sergey said he switched from Crimea to Russia long before the annexation because he hd no support in his homeland.
Bruce Pandolfini said that the interest in the match did not quite compare to the Fischer-Spassky match.

By the way, Karjakin, after the Hastings Premier, when he was 12 years old and already a GM, stayed at my home with his second for five days.

[LawrenceCooper]

Jovanka was on Radio 4 on the "Today" programme this morning (about 1h41m from the start), and rumour has it that she may be on Newsnight tonight.

[Gary Kenworthy]

There was a BBC world service one at circa 4.15 a.m. associated with Bloomberg News. Not quiet saying Kirsan should go, but getting close. If you want sponsorship, no Kirsan, was also the message.

[Stewart Reuben]

Business sponsorship isn't so easy to get. For some years Kirsan was supporting FIDE from his own pocket. How much for I don't know.
It is hardly surprising that many of the federations thus supported him. Now, due to the US, he is not providing any money. Indeed he seems to be costing FIDE money. The next election is in 2018. There was a proposal at the General Assembly to get rid of him, but it got nowhere.

Why didn't he get his aliens to join FIDE?

[Gary Kenworthy]

best listen to it, the comments from the American lady, were essentially, there is a queue to sponsor chess, the issue is Kirsan

Separate from the broadcast : Plus retaining a sponsor we know is also important.

[JustinHorton]

best listen to it, the comments from the American lady, were essentially, there is a queue to sponsor chess

Oh aye.

Is there a link to assist us in this matter?

[Paul Cooksey]

https://www.theguardian.com/sport/live/ ... eaker-live

I'm sticking with chess24, but nice to see the Guardian covering live

[Geoff Chandler]

"They're [flight engineers] are like chess masters, they have no time for amateurs."

Page 50, 'Airframe' by Michael Crighton. (enjoying it.)