World Chess Championship Question

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Good-KnightJoe
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PrivatePyle99

The official announcers will be GM Susan Polgar and IM Lawrence Trent.  The first game I ever watched was game one of the candidates tournament which IM Trent did, so I may be biased, but he's awesome. He asks the questions I would think to ask if I actually knew how to play chess.  And I can't see how you could go wrong with GM Polgar. Based on this, I'd have to vote for the official site.

waffllemaster

Meh, I'd rather have Judit.  High 2500s isn't a bad rating of course, but just your run-of-the-mill GM.  We already have an IM in Trent.  I'd rather have a 2600+ person if they want to bring on a 2nd person.  I really liked Short's insight during the candidate's.

PrivatePyle99

I have an advantage over you.  I'm not smart enough to know the difference between what a 2200 and a 2800 are saying.  Laughing 

Ziryab

I thought Polgar and Trent were a great team for the early rounds of the World Cup. I was happy when the switched to Short and van Geuzendam for the later rounds.

If I were gonna watch live, I'd renew my membership at Playchess so I could listen to Yasser.

Good-KnightJoe

I still don't know what the official site is...

waffllemaster
PrivatePyle99 wrote:

I have an advantage over you.  I'm not smart enough to know the difference between what a 2200 and a 2800 are saying.   

Haha, well 2500 to 2600... I certainly can't tell the difference!  But Short and J.Polgar are top class (or were at one time).  It's exciting to listen to someone like that give commentary.

Ziryab wrote:

If I were gonna watch live, I'd renew my membership at Playchess so I could listen to Yasser.

I found a youtube video of him giving a basic lesson... he talked INCREDIBLY  slowly.  I couldn't take more than a few minutes.  Makes me hesitant to seek out his commentary.

Ziryab
waffllemaster wrote:
PrivatePyle99 wrote:

I have an advantage over you.  I'm not smart enough to know the difference between what a 2200 and a 2800 are saying.   

Haha, well 2500 to 2600... I certainly can't tell the difference!  But Short and J.Polgar are top class (or were at one time).  It's exciting to listen to someone like that give commentary.

Ziryab wrote:

If I were gonna watch live, I'd renew my membership at Playchess so I could listen to Yasser.

I found a youtube video of him giving a basic lesson... he talked INCREDIBLY  slowly.  I couldn't take more than a few minutes.  Makes me hesitant to seek out his commentary.

Seirawan was top class too. He does speak slowly when he's pitching lessons to beginners. I have a DVD of lessons he did in the 1980s. Some of the youth I coach like it, but is is slow.

PrivatePyle99

Here's the official site with links to the live commentary.  I have to admit though, hearing the name Sierawan makes me reconsider my initial statement.  I'm in love with that guy (heterosexually, of course, not that there's anything wrong with that.)

http://chennai2013.fide.com/