Timed Full contact Chess to be played in Stadiums?

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ImmaLetchuFinnish

Sports like the Finnish Elite League and others have sponsorships. Should Chess get full body sponsorships and contracts while the game be televised with a 10 minute clock? Grandmasters would serve as Managers who tell where the players should go.  With real people as pieces who are in full body armor and in order to take the piece, you must use physical force, expect at the eyes, to remove them from their square. Chess boards could be the size of half a Football field. You play best of 3 games. 30 minutes of action and mental skill.

molo1

does the winning team get to batter the losing gm afterwards?

ImmaLetchuFinnish

No, the whole game is a giant chess game.

ImmaLetchuFinnish

And Swords. Players have swords.

ImmaLetchuFinnish
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Stolen_Authenticity

.. Have you been 'smoking weed,' recently ?

Stolen_Authenticity

.. Partially related.. {see link} - Though, I'll be 'dead' by '2050'.. Ie. Their 'target' year, for their announced 'goal.'

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ImmaLetchuFinnish
param_veer wrote:

Don't support real people as pieces.

However, remote controlled robots shaped as human figures who fight with weapons while taking command of the square can make it an interesting game to see. 

Every sport is doing something new to make it appealing to masses & commercially successful. Why should chess be any different?

The problem is that robots cost too much. Full Contact Sword Chess is a growing game. We need people to help others relate to the game. Think of the synergies that could be created with this. Chess shoes. Chess video games. Live dancers during the three games with replays and different camera angles. VOD for mobile viewing. We may even be able to add a way to have mobile video watcher choose 1 move a game for free, or to pay for 3 moves per game that the GM must play with. It is purely the future we are dealing with here. The sky is the limit.

ChessOfPlayer

Can't imagine chess being a big hit on TV

varelse1

Instead of wearing armor, what if the chess pieces are MMA fighters?

(this idea had Josh Waitzkin written all over it.)

ImmaLetchuFinnish

MMA too bloody. Needs to be civil. This is still Chess we're talking about.

mars_disappeared
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