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  • Chess Masters: The Endgame (BBC)

    From Blueshirt@blueshirt@indigo.news to rec.games.chess.misc on Mon Mar 17 19:45:58 2025
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    Is anyone watching the new series on BBC2 about chess?

    If the BBC were hoping to jump on the Queens Gambit bandwagon,
    and also capitalise on the publicity surrounding the Magnus/Hans
    drama by using chess as a way to draw-in viewers, this isn't the
    show!

    I can honestly say I didn't think much of it... and it looks
    like I'm not the only one.

    https://www.dailymail.co.uk/femail/article-14485471/The-Queens-Gambit-isnt-Viewers-say-innuendo-filled-Chess-Masters-does-pathetic-disservice-game.html
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  • From nospam@nospam@example.net to rec.games.chess.misc on Mon Mar 17 22:11:46 2025
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    On Mon, 17 Mar 2025, Blueshirt wrote:

    Is anyone watching the new series on BBC2 about chess?

    If the BBC were hoping to jump on the Queens Gambit bandwagon,
    and also capitalise on the publicity surrounding the Magnus/Hans
    drama by using chess as a way to draw-in viewers, this isn't the
    show!

    I can honestly say I didn't think much of it... and it looks
    like I'm not the only one.

    https://www.dailymail.co.uk/femail/article-14485471/The-Queens-Gambit-isnt-Viewers-say-innuendo-filled-Chess-Masters-does-pathetic-disservice-game.html


    What a shame! =( Well, back to Gotham chess it is. ;) Jokes aside, there
    are a few nice documentaries on youtube about chess. =)
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  • From William Hyde@wthyde1953@gmail.com to rec.games.chess.misc on Mon Mar 17 17:52:53 2025
    From Newsgroup: rec.games.chess.misc

    D wrote:


    On Mon, 17 Mar 2025, Blueshirt wrote:

    Is anyone watching the new series on BBC2 about chess?

    If the BBC were hoping to jump on the Queens Gambit bandwagon,
    and also capitalise on the publicity surrounding the Magnus/Hans
    drama by using chess as a way to draw-in viewers, this isn't the
    show!

    I can honestly say I didn't think much of it... and it looks
    like I'm not the only one.

    https://www.dailymail.co.uk/femail/article-14485471/The-Queens-Gambit-isnt-Viewers-say-innuendo-filled-Chess-Masters-does-pathetic-disservice-game.html



    What a shame! =( Well, back to Gotham chess it is. ;) Jokes aside, there
    are a few nice documentaries on youtube about chess. =)

    I strongly recommend GM Daniel King's "Power Play Chess". For the most
    part he looks at older games, but they are classics.

    William Hyde
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  • From nospam@nospam@example.net to rec.games.chess.misc on Tue Mar 18 10:42:25 2025
    From Newsgroup: rec.games.chess.misc



    On Mon, 17 Mar 2025, William Hyde wrote:

    D wrote:


    On Mon, 17 Mar 2025, Blueshirt wrote:

    Is anyone watching the new series on BBC2 about chess?

    If the BBC were hoping to jump on the Queens Gambit bandwagon,
    and also capitalise on the publicity surrounding the Magnus/Hans
    drama by using chess as a way to draw-in viewers, this isn't the
    show!

    I can honestly say I didn't think much of it... and it looks
    like I'm not the only one.

    https://www.dailymail.co.uk/femail/article-14485471/The-Queens-Gambit-isnt-Viewers-say-innuendo-filled-Chess-Masters-does-pathetic-disservice-game.html


    What a shame! =( Well, back to Gotham chess it is. ;) Jokes aside, there
    are a few nice documentaries on youtube about chess. =)

    I strongly recommend GM Daniel King's "Power Play Chess". For the most part he looks at older games, but they are classics.

    William Hyde

    Thank you very much. This is added to freetube, and will have a look
    later! =)
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