I'm sorry, but no. Oh maybe if they jazzed it up a little, folks might be interested, but there simply aren't enough intellectually curious folks watching TV. To appeal to Joe Average you need stuff like chess boxing, strip chess, electroshock punishment when you lose a piece, etc. Sorry to be so negative...
How soon do you think chess can start getting more National TV time?
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Why would anybody want chess to be more popular (it's the most popular game already), mainstream...or whatever... ?!
I can't understand this stuff. It keeps poppin' up especially in recent years.
It's not meant to be CONSUMED, but the vast majority of folks can do just that, CONSUME fast and throw away.
I agree. The internet is an ideal place for chess... I also found Maurice Ashley's attempts to promote chess like a football match a bit over the top.
I suppose you could have some kind of "chess match of the week", where they recap a game and walk you through it and explain what happened and why. But I don't see the appeal; you can already find that on youtube if it's what you're looking for.
I enjoy watching Rocket League as well, but as I am able to do that without a TV, I don't much care whether it's on TV or not.
I don't understand the obsession with marketing chess television broadcasts to the general public. Why would they be interested in watching a game when they don't know the rules?
For me, the chess tv broadcasts online (that have exploded during the last couple of years really) are brilliant. No need or desire for anything more!
Dec 23, 2015
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#7
Well, it's not national TV, but there was national bbc 4 "over the board" where Dominic Lawson would do interviews while playing a game of chess. Magnus Carlsen and Hou Yifan were guests there, as well as other non-chess celebrities.
There is a major change coming to classical Chess, for top level, super GM tournaments. Game in 60, and even less. Yes, they are speeding up the time control. Not for every tournament, but to make Chess more accessible to fan interest. Another primary reason is greater flexibility in tournament conditions, such as two games per day, and other options. There's a huge article over at Chess 24. The debacle of the rapid play off games was mentioned at the same time. Big changes are coming to make competitive Chess more interesting and exciting.
BettorOffSingle wrote:
We need to make one-minute chess the official time control, as the public attention span is short, they like violent games, and can relate to someone coming back from a queen down in the last fifteen seconds to win etc.
Not likely. Substitute 5/2 or even 3/2 and probably you are correct. Not now, not soon, but eventually blitz will rule.
cryptic_shrink wrote:
Is it possible in the nearest future? What do you think?
http://www.chessfiles.com/chessfiles-blog/can-chess-break-into-the-mainstream
Yes, it is possible.
I have explored all this possibilities in PAWN PUSHER 1, 2, 3 and 4, specially in PAWN PUSHER 2, 3 and 4.
Chess cartoons, based on Pawn Sacrifice:
Pawn Pusher 1:
PAWN PUSHER (THE KING OF PATZERS)
http://www.chess.com/forum/view/fun-with-chess/new-chess-movie-pawn-pusher---see-snapshots
Pawn Pusher 2:
PAWN PUSHER: Overcoming the Chess Addiction:
http://www.chess.com/forum/view/general/new-chess-movie-pawn-pusher-overcoming-the-chess-addiction
PAWN PUSHER 3: THE PAWN STARS:
http://www.chess.com/forum/view/general/new-chess-movie-pawn-pusher-3-the-pawn-stars
Pawn Pusher 4: The Future of Chess:
http://www.chess.com/forum/view/general/new-chess-movie-pawn-pusher-4-the-future-of-chess
Dec 23, 2015
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Why screw it up by putting it on TV?
It does great online and smart people should be able to leverage that for sponsorship dollars.
If the advertising money and viewer numbers were on a par with football, the networks would be all for it. With network television it boils down to money in my opinion.
In America there would probably be a larger number of viewers for some mind-numbing reality tv show than for chess. Sad but true.
Dec 23, 2015
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#14
Wanting chess on tv is limiting in thinking.
Chess doesn't need TV. The Internet has a wider reach.
ChrisWainscott wrote:
Wanting chess on tv is limiting in thinking. Chess doesn't need TV. The Internet has a wider reach.
I agree. I can't come up with a single advantage TV has over the internet. In fact, I've cancelled our satellite subscription and saved over a hundred dollars per month. Everything I need is on the internet these days.
Dec 23, 2015
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#16
We already have Chess.com TV and no commersals or networks involved :)
Dec 23, 2015
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#17
Someone should revive 'The master game' aired on BBC tv in the 80's!
Dec 23, 2015
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#18
I think the main problem with this concept is starkly simple: Chess is a very difficult game - it takes at least a dozen games before you even really understand the rules. It's brutal too - you lose big and fast...there's no way for beginners to 'feel their way' to a good position. It takes months just to learn how to suck at chess!! Only after you go through the long process of figuring out how to look at a chess board and make heads or tails of what you're seeing can you possibly enjoy watching a game.
In other words - there's no way to be a casual fan. Someone who knows nothing about chess can't just stumble on a tournament while channel surfing and enjoy watching. Games that get big on TV are games you can pick up in five minutes and play along with on the couch, and chess cannot EVER be that game.
An Internet broadcast, with the possibility of joining the discussion, is by far more appealing to a chess fan than any TV brodcast. Non-interactive TV is dying. Let it die.
Probably soon after the public tires of the fad of watching paint dry and demands something just as exciting but fresh. However it will probably have to compete with programming that features counting the bubbles that form in water glasses left on window sills overnight or any number of other spectator events that are equally thrilling.
Is it possible in the nearest future? What do you think?
http://www.chessfiles.com/chessfiles-blog/can-chess-break-into-the-mainstream