Media comments on chess

[Chris Rice]

Will chess be able to hold people's attention after the Covid crisis is over?

Possibly not, but it may be a very long time before we have to worry about that.

Magnus has got the right idea of how to keep the interest judging by his social media feed.

C'mon Beth!!

[Mick Norris]

BBC website featuring Meet the real life women chess stars as more Queen's Gambit related content

[Ian Thompson]

BBC website featuring Meet the real life women chess stars as more Queen's Gambit related content

I'm curious to know whether anyone has a clue who these "real life women chess stars" are? The video reveals that one of them is https://www.chess.com/member/mobamba604 with an online rating of about 2100.

[Wadih Khoury]

I think it's the Botez sisters. They are celebrity streamers, with big audiences. Play random games as well as Nakamura and other GMs.

[Kevin Thurlow]

"I think it's the Botez sisters."

Yes - and they appear on Eric Rosen's channel as well. (Actually there's a clue in the BBC thing as the name "Botez" appears on the screen quite early.)

They're spreading the word so good for them.

[Reg Clucas]

I think it's the Botez sisters. They are celebrity streamers, with big audiences. Play random games as well as Nakamura and other GMs.

The older one is a WFM with FIDE rating 2020. The younger one has a FIDE rating 1676.

[Phil Neatherway]

From BBC Football text commentary, posted at 20:49:-

Post update
Tottenham 2-0 Ludogorets

That was as one sided a half of football you will ever see. Like Beth Harmon versus pretty much anyone at chess.

[Mick Norris]

Mark Wood Frisky tortoises, chess & Great British Bake Off

[Christopher Kreuzer]

Mark Wood Frisky tortoises, chess & Great British Bake Off

[...] inspired by the Netflix series The Queen's Gambit, I've taken an interest in chess. I've played against Jos Buttler, who seems to win a lot. Moeen Ali and Zak Crawley, who isn't here, are both good players too.

[Kevin Thurlow]

"Mark Wood wrote:
[...] inspired by the Netflix series The Queen's Gambit, I've taken an interest in chess. I've played against Jos Buttler, who seems to win a lot. Moeen Ali and Zak Crawley, who isn't here, are both good players too."

Mark Wood does seem quite cultured for a cricketer. At one game during lockdown, I believe he stood on the balcony and sang "Jerusalem" to the players as the crowd would have done. Even the opposition applauded.

[Mick Norris]

There's chess in a routine on tomorrow night's Strictly

[Alistair Campbell]

I believe Keti Arakhamia-Grant was on BBC Breakfast last week sometime. Don't think this is still available.

She was also on BBC Radio Scotland's "Drivetime" show yesterday I think, being interviewed by John Beattie for about 2 minutes before he segues neatly into a discussion on table dimensions.

[JustinHorton]

Piece on Nona Gaprindashvili

[Gordon Morse]

There was an interview with Judit Polgar on the BBC News channel at about 18.23 and, doubtless, at other points during the day.

I will leave you to guess the subject of the interview.

[Simon Rogers]

23rd November
www.hampshirelive.news -Sport
"Southampton boss Ralph Hasenhuttl hails Wolves and Nuno after 'chess-like ' tactical battle. "

"Ralph Hasenhuttl says he was relishing in the
"chess-like" tactical battle between his Southampton side and Nuno's Wolves at Molineux. "
it continued
"You have seen the game and how intense it was, tactically it was like Chess today. Both managers found solutions to cause the other one problems. "