Life In 19x19

This was, by all accounts, the most successful exposition of chess on TV. I believe the format is just about perfect for mainstream. SAWMG had the chance to present Go to the world, I wish they'd chosen a better format.

shmit wrote:

quantumf wrote:
I was slightly surprised by the apparenty superficiality of their thinking process. They look maybe 1 or 2 moves ahead, think, naah, that's too complicated, I'll go with this simpler move. I presume this is to keep it simple enough for a wide audience, but even so, it gives the impression that they're near beginner level.

The chess commentary was very simplified for the audience and do not reflect what they actually would be thinking in the game.

quantumf wrote:I was slightly surprised by the apparenty superficiality of their thinking process. They look maybe 1 or 2 moves ahead, think, naah, that's too complicated, I'll go with this simpler move. I presume this is to keep it simple enough for a wide audience, but even so, it gives the impression that they're near beginner level.

Hmm, but my understanding is that go professionals are good at avoiding unnecessary complications where the outcome is unknown. Maybe something similar was happening here (though the actual explanation was simplified for a novice audience).

this is a bit of an unfair comparison. if you've ever watched a live non-blitz chess match, they are about equally boring.
i recommend comparing the chess video to one of bat's go series.

This is off topic, but here goes anyway.

There is a related video from the same event in China at

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eqQyC9fa ... re=related

At about 8 minutes in, you can see the end of Joanne Missingham's game
with Li He. At 9 minutes 30, an elderly guy interviews Joanne in English.
He seems to think her (English) name is Messenger, and asks some pretty
crass questions which she answers sensibly and politely even though she
was sick and she just lost a game. Later on, the same guy names a Chinese
chess player from Singapore "Wood" when he is really "Woo".

Conversely, I learnt that Li He's second name rhymes with Ben Hur
(for a non-rhotic speaker).

Looks on topic to me

Again, pretty amateurish coverage. I don't know who this guy is, he sounds Irish. Maybe he volunteered to do something?