Why don't they do this anymore?

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rooperi

Botvinnik-Euwe 10 min Blindfold Blitz, live on TV.

goldendog

That's a nice find!

The only thing missing is my ability to understand the commentary and their little chat at the end.

heinzie

The host died

rooperi

I understand a little, Afrikaans is quite similar to Dutch. What surpriesed me, is that Botvinnik spoke a little Dutch too.

Don't you also think h5 was a great move?

heinzie

Botvinnik spoke German. They gave each other the moves in German, too

btw http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QSRnob2v3Cg is part 1 of 2

The commentator explains the moves in Dutch, sometimes hinting Euwe a little bit as Cystem already noticed (like Hauchard/Geller)

Cystem_Phailure

Is it still considered blindfold if they're listening to continuous commentary?  I don't know the language, but I got the impression the comments were running along the lines of

Whoa, Nellie!!!  That last move was tricky.  Targets the Knight and threatens a discovered attack from the Bishop on g7 !  Let's see if Krinklenadz notices.

rooperi

Thanx Heinzie. It's all Greek to me :)