UK BBC Chess Program.

This is on tomorrow on the telly. :-

https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m0028x4b

In the first of two heats, six talented players from across the UK arrive at Cardiff’s former coal exchange. They face a brain-boggling puzzle and a high-stakes speed chess battle.

It is on BBC 2 at 8pm GMT.

derek!!! wsg man!

yo, watta gwan meode? S'all good here. The program was ok, not brilliant, but was watchable. One of the dudes was a proper dundee united and got knocked out first round, but respect for playing to him.

what is their intended audience?

if you know nothing about chess it's impossible to follow

if you play chess there is no real analysis, or discussion of positions, or even a long enough shot to play along with

if you just want entertainment, well Sue does her best with some uninspiring material

doesn't work on any level...nice try BBC but no

also these are up and coming stars of the uk chess scene?.....Britain is f**ked at the next olympiad...only one has any sort of title, as far as i can see Lula is a candidate master

many are on here.....

https://www.chess.com/member/gormcla2

https://www.chess.com/member/scottishchessgal

https://www.chess.com/member/lularobs

and maybe

https://www.chess.com/member/skiddish (not sure)

so should chess.com do a piece on it's up and coming telly stars?

I sooooo wanted it to be a worthwhile watch, but it was just...awful.

"Thin, tired and scared," says the review in today's Guardian. I'm no fan of Lucy Mangan's work generally as a television reviewer, but she's bang on here.

lmfao