Ideas to make Live-Chess-Broadcast more fun

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ElKitch

Ive been watching the Norway tournament and the US Open quite a bit and I was thinking about the differences in presenting and how to make it more exiting for people to watch.

Now I know the true chess purists would like to keep it as simple as possible: 2 GMs that give top class analysis for 6 straight hours. But I think to most this gets a bit boring.

So how could we make the Live Broadcasts more entertaining?

3rd person Engine support
From the US chess championship I enjoyed Maurice Ashley alot. He supported the main two commentators with all kind of computer analysis. He used it in a nice way: explaining why lines work, showing tactics that are hard to see, etc. Not only this was interesting because of the chessinformation he gave, but it was also refreshing for the mind: to see a different image and to hear a different person talking.


Challenge the engine
Another idea that seems fun to me is to make people play the engine from a certain position. E.g.: Nigel Short is commenting on a position and says "black is definetly better here". Then the other commenter says: "allright, then play this position against Houdini". And so he does in a bulletgame of 1/0.

Replays
In most sports you will see replays of the decisive moments, e.g.: the goals scored, nice rallies, emotions by the players.

When a game is finished make a short reply of the game that has:
- a bit about the opening ("the game started with a transpose by black to the French")
- decisive moves ("and this move left white cripled, because")
- player emotions
- the end of the match and WHY it is a draw or a win.

 

You guys any ideas to make it more interesting?

phenix28

I love that challenge the engine idea