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It's hard to call the event as a whole exciting, especially from Game 7 on, but if you have any interest in chess I highly recommend watching a recap of Game 6—
by rdlw 5y ago
It's hard to call the event as a whole exciting, especially from Game 7 on, but if you have any interest in chess I highly recommend watching a recap of Game 6—that one's going into the history books, I think. GothamChess made my favourite recap of it, but Agadmator's dry wit is always available if you find Levy annoying :)
- macintux 5y agoApparently this is the GothamChess recap in question. https://youtu.be/PmQs1KhB948 https://youtu.be/PmQs1KhB948
- ycombinete 5y agoI like Daniel King [0]. He was a highly rated GM in his time (2600s) and it shows. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m7QwZAGJpJI https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m7QwZAGJpJI
- jstx1 5y agoI thought it was an entertaining watch. I think the chess community is a bit too picky about what makes a good match. - many draws -> "chess is dead", "yawn, another draw", "they should change the format" - one player wins decisively -> "this isn't World Championship level", "how embarrassing for Ian", "someone else should play instead" So you really need to have very very close wins (like game 6 this year) throughout the entire match to satisfy people. Realistically that's not going to happen very often.
- zigman1 5y agoIf we're totally honest, people who are complaining about draws are usually recent new fans, or people who watch it for spectacle. I think it is very similar to football (soccer), those games that fans perceive as boring, dull, are tactically the most interesting to watch and analyze.