Media comments on chess

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Re: Media comments on chess

Post by JustinHorton » Sun Oct 17, 2021 6:34 pm

I bought a copy of this today and if I ever get round to reading it I'll let you know
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Piece (Spanish language) in El Confidencial about Arturo Pomar, including an interview with Paco Cerdà, author of a new book, El Peón, about Pomar, apparently centring on the Stockholm Interzonal.
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Re: Media comments on chess

Post by J T Melsom » Sun Oct 17, 2021 6:45 pm

Incidentally this,
J T Melsom wrote: ↑Wed Oct 13, 2021 6:46 pm
CSC organising an international team looks to be something that might more naturally fit the ECF ....
I would agree with on principle, but in practice I just don't see that the ECF as it's currently constructed is ever going to be able to put together something like this. It needs funding, admin support ... dedicated professional staff.

In an ideal world the ECF could do also sorts of things for all sorts of people at every level of chess. I suspect in the world we actually have, though, the ECF might be better off with a "doing fewer things well" approach.

I agree, I was approaching this more from the perspective that teams badged as England might usefully have the blessing of the National Federation. In this case the International Director is taking charge anyway albeit wearing another hat. I can see that in itself is a difficult debate as we cannot obviously claim the selection process has produced a representative team.

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Re: Media comments on chess

Post by Kevin Thurlow » Sun Oct 17, 2021 6:55 pm

"I agree, I was approaching this more from the perspective that teams badged as England might usefully have the blessing of the National Federation. In this case the International Director is taking charge anyway albeit wearing another hat. I can see that in itself is a difficult debate as we cannot obviously claim the selection process has produced a representative team."

It happens to some extent, e.g. ECF recognizes that EFCC selects "England" teams for Correspondence Chess, and runs CC England Championships. It is more of a problem with junior events, where parents (not surprisingly) don't know the difference between offical and unofficial organizations.

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Re: Media comments on chess

Post by Kevin Thurlow » Mon Oct 18, 2021 1:52 pm

Today's "i" reported this... (more or less word for word)

https://www.newsletter.co.uk/heritage-a ... ct-3422321

I know there's a Beckett thread somewhere here, but "media" covers it.

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Re: Media comments on chess

Post by J T Melsom » Wed Oct 20, 2021 2:50 pm

A post from the Gasroom today
'Bit of a chess match, Gaz and Warne know each other inside out now and the empathsis[sic] was on Rotherham to break us down which they failed to do.'

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Re: Media comments on chess

Post by Martyn Goodger » Thu Oct 21, 2021 1:11 pm

A feature on the lawyers' web site Legal Cheek today:

https://www.legalcheek.com/lc-careers-p ... -of-chess/

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Re: Media comments on chess

Post by LawrenceCooper » Sun Oct 24, 2021 3:17 pm

"It is right tight and like a chess game. Who will make that first move?"

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Re: Media comments on chess

Post by JustinHorton » Sun Oct 24, 2021 10:22 pm

I haven't listened to this show so I can't tell you whether the chess in the image is matched by any actual chess content
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Re: Media comments on chess

Post by NickFaulks » Sun Oct 24, 2021 10:59 pm

LawrenceCooper wrote:
Sun Oct 24, 2021 3:17 pm
"It is right tight and like a chess game. Who will make that first move?"
There was a similar one, "like chess, both sides waiting for the other to move ". Have these people actually played chess?

Right tight is good though.
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Re: Media comments on chess

Post by Roger Lancaster » Sun Oct 24, 2021 11:40 pm

NickFaulks wrote:
Sun Oct 24, 2021 10:59 pm
LawrenceCooper wrote:
Sun Oct 24, 2021 3:17 pm
"It is right tight and like a chess game. Who will make that first move?"
There was a similar one, "like chess, both sides waiting for the other to move ". Have these people actually played chess?

Right tight is good though.
Sorry but this thread quotes football pundits opining that certain games resemble chess with ennui-inducing repetition.

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Re: Media comments on chess

Post by NickFaulks » Mon Oct 25, 2021 7:22 am

Roger Lancaster wrote:
Sun Oct 24, 2021 11:40 pm
Sorry but this thread quotes football pundits opining that certain games resemble chess with ennui-inducing repetition.
I tend to agree, but think the two in the post you quote are a bit out of the ordinary.
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Re: Media comments on chess

Post by LawrenceCooper » Mon Oct 25, 2021 8:18 am

Roger Lancaster wrote:
Sun Oct 24, 2021 11:40 pm
NickFaulks wrote:
Sun Oct 24, 2021 10:59 pm
LawrenceCooper wrote:
Sun Oct 24, 2021 3:17 pm
"It is right tight and like a chess game. Who will make that first move?"
There was a similar one, "like chess, both sides waiting for the other to move ". Have these people actually played chess?

Right tight is good though.
Sorry but this thread quotes football pundits opining that certain games resemble chess with ennui-inducing repetition.
As opposed to the rest of the forum threads where ennui-inducing repetition is rarely seen :)

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Re: Media comments on chess

Post by Matt Mackenzie » Mon Oct 25, 2021 3:18 pm

Would certainly be interested in any chess metaphors used for yesterday's big PL game :?
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Re: Media comments on chess

Post by Neil Graham » Tue Oct 26, 2021 11:00 am

On PopMaster Radio 2 this morning (Scott Mills sitting in for Ken Bruce)

Scott (to 2nd contestant) : "What do you do for a living?"
Contestant " I work in a factory making chess pieces"
Scott "Are you at work today?"
Contestant "No this week I'm working on nights"

Even as I type this someone has texted/e-mailed Scott to point this out! :)

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Re: Media comments on chess

Post by Chris Rice » Sat Oct 30, 2021 11:57 am

Not sure Harika Dronvalli's really known for her gambit play but the media, in this case the Indian newspaper Hindustan Times seem to use the Queen's Gambit for anything chess related these days. I'm not complaining, it's good to see and it's a very interesting article.

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