Ten thousand fans filled the Galen Center in Los Angeles and 558,000 viewers…
Banning spectators from Australian Chess – Good or Bad?
“The Mogul Moves’ Chessboxing Championship, staged by leading YouTube streamer ”Ludwig”, in collaboration with Chess.com, witnessed the most hyped card ever in the history of the hybrid sport.
Ten thousand fans filled the Galen Center in Los Angeles and 558,000 viewers tuned in live to watch the action on 11 December, 2022, setting a new record for a chess related single stream.”
- Excerpt from New in Chess Magazine 1/2023.
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Is the Australian policy of banning spectators paying off?
You bet it is!!
Adult chess retains the title of the smallest sport in Australia – and by jimminy we are going to keep it that way! Well done!
Who wants 10,000 nosy parkers paying to watch our game?
Next thing you know our top players will be wanting some of the ticket sales.
Keep banning spectators and parents from watching their friends and family play chess.
“Close the curtains” I say.
(This actually happened at the Australian Juniors in Melbourne in 2022. Ask the parents!)
“I was struck by how the laws were drafted not for the benefit of the game, but for the convenience of the arbiters.”
- GM Nigel Short NIC 8/2015
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