My reaction to the Hans Niemann interview
Summary
TLDRIn this video, the commentator reflects on his experiences at the first-ever live Speed Chess Championship finale in Paris, featuring grandmasters like Magnus Carlsen and Hikaru Nakamura. He discusses the explosive interview with Hans Niemann, the chess.com report allegations, and the event's fallout. The video also touches on the potential impact on the future of chess, the role of 80,000 Hours in career planning, and the dynamics between top players. It concludes with thoughts on the live event's success and the future of chess as an esport, hinting at the untold series on Netflix that might bring new perspectives to the cheating scandal.
Takeaways
- 🎥 The speaker was a commentator and media personality for Chess.com's live Speed Chess Championship finale in Paris, featuring players like Magnus Carlsen, Hikaru Nakamura, Alireza Firouzja, and Hans Niemann.
- 🔥 The Hans Niemann interview became explosive, with Niemann accusing the speaker of being a Chess.com sponsored propaganda voice, which was unexpected and intense.
- 🏆 The event results saw Magnus Carlsen as the champion, with Alireza Firouzja coming in second, and Hikaru Nakamura losing in the semi-final to Firouzja.
- 🤔 The speaker expressed surprise at Niemann's post-tournament interview, where he seemed humbled and reflective, contrasting with his earlier combative stance.
- 👨🏫 It was revealed that Vladimir Kramnik is coaching Hans Niemann, and Kramnik continued to accuse Hikaru Nakamura of cheating, even while coaching the US Chess team for the Olympiad.
- 📈 The speaker shared thoughts on the future of chess, including the potential for growth in the esports and live event space, and the need for bigger sponsorships.
- 🎙️ The speaker reflected on their role and approach to interviewing, acknowledging feedback about their style and the challenge of maintaining fairness in coverage.
- 📺 An upcoming Netflix Untold series on the chess grandmaster cheating scandal was announced, promising new perspectives on the Niemann controversy.
- 🌟 The live event at ESPORT was a success with around 3-400 attendees, indicating potential for larger chess events and the possibility of selling out even larger venues.
- 🤝 The speaker enjoyed meeting fans and signing autographs, highlighting the positive community engagement aspect of the live chess event.
Q & A
What was the commentator's role at the live Speed Chess Championship finale in Paris?
-The commentator was a media personality on site, on camera talent for chess.com, interviewing players and providing commentary for the event.
Which players were featured in the Speed Chess Championship finale that the commentator attended?
-The featured players in the Speed Chess Championship finale were Magnus Carlsen, Hikaru Nakamura, Alireza Firouzja, and Hans Niemann.
What is the name of the YouTube video by Hans Niemann that the commentator discusses?
-The name of the YouTube video by Hans Niemann that the commentator discusses is 'The Explosive Hans Niemann Interview'.
What was the commentator's initial expectation for the interview with Hans Niemann?
-The commentator expected a fun and light-hearted interview, not one that would be confrontational or deeply delve into the cheating scandal.
How did the commentator feel about the intensity of the Hans Niemann interview?
-The commentator found the interview to be fascinating and intense, and it exceeded his expectations, leaving him with a lot to process.
What was the commentator's response to Hans Niemann accusing him of being a chess.com sponsored propaganda voice?
-The commentator was surprised and taken aback by the accusation, as he did not expect such directness and felt they had a cordial relationship prior to the interview.
What was the commentator's view on the impact of the Hans Niemann interview on public perception?
-The commentator felt that the interview might have shifted public perception against Hans Niemann, as it was intense and left a strong impression.
What was the commentator's take on the results of the Speed Chess Championship?
-The commentator found the results to be surprising, particularly Magnus Carlsen's dominant performance and Fabiano Caruana's loss to Magnus in the final.
What did the commentator think about the live venue and the future of chess as an esport?
-The commentator was optimistic about the potential for chess to grow as an esport, suggesting that it could reach 30% the size of some of the biggest esports in the world.
What upcoming project involving chess was mentioned in the script?
-An upcoming project mentioned was a new Untold series on Netflix, which will include a documentary on the chess Grandmaster cheating scandal.
Outlines
🌟 Paris Chess Adventure and Sponsor Highlight
The speaker opens by recounting their recent experience in Paris as a commentator for chess.com's first live Speed Chess Championship finale. They discuss their interviews with players like Magnus Carlsen, Hikaru Nakamura, Alireza Firouzja, and Hans Niemann. The video's focus is on the aftermath of the explosive Hans Niemann interview and its implications for chess. The speaker thanks the sponsor, 80,000 Hours, a nonprofit guiding individuals towards impactful careers, and encourages viewers to explore their free career guide.
🎙️ Hans Niemann Interview Controversy
The speaker reflects on their interview with Hans Niemann, which unexpectedly became confrontational. They discuss Niemann's accusations of bias and the contentious nature of the discussion, which deviated from the intended light-hearted interaction. The speaker expresses surprise at Niemann's claims, especially given their previous positive interactions. They also touch upon the high viewership of the interview and the polarized reactions it received, including criticisms of their interviewing style and shifts in public opinion regarding Niemann.
🏆 Chess Championship Results and Future Implications
The speaker delves into the outcomes of the chess event, with a focus on the performance and attitudes of the players, particularly Hans Niemann. They recount the intensity of the games and Niemann's post-match interview, which displayed a humbled perspective after his loss. The speaker speculates on the future of chess, the players' careers, and the impact of high-stakes events on the sport. They also mention the involvement of Vladimir Kramnik, a renowned chess player, as Niemann's life coach and his controversial statements about other players.
👴 Kramnik's Involvement and Chess's Future
The speaker discusses Vladimir Kramnik's role as a coach, his public accusations of cheating in chess, and his influence on Niemann. They find it intriguing that Kramnik, despite his respected status in chess, continues to make bold allegations without seeming repercussions. The speaker also expresses optimism for the growth of chess as a spectator sport, highlighting the successful live event in Paris and suggesting potential improvements for future events to enhance the experience for both players and audiences.
🏆 Reflections on the Chess Event and Its Impact
The speaker concludes with a retrospective on the chess event, the players' performances, and the broader implications for the chess community. They discuss the potential for chess to grow in popularity, the need for larger sponsorships, and the challenges faced during the live event, such as broadcast issues and crowd dynamics. The speaker remains hopeful for the future of chess as an esport and a mainstream sport, eager to see how the community and its events evolve.
🌐 Hans Niemann's Future and Chess's Growth
In the final paragraph, the speaker expresses curiosity about Hans Niemann's future behavior and performance, considering the recent developments and his public statements. They also look forward to potential new sponsorships and collaborations that could elevate chess's profile. The speaker ends on a note of anticipation for future interviews and events, hinting at the ongoing drama and excitement in the world of chess.
Mindmap
Keywords
💡Chess.com
💡Speed Chess Championship
💡Commentator
💡Media Personality
💡Hans Niemann
💡Interview
💡Sponsorship
💡Esports
💡Kasparov
💡Live Event
💡Kayfabe
Highlights
Traveled to Paris, France to commentate for chess.com at the first-ever live Speed Chess Championship finale.
Interviewed players including Magnus Carlsen, Hikaru Nakamura, Alireza Firouzja, and Hans Niemann.
Shared thoughts on the explosive Hans Niemann interview and the event's fallout.
Discussed the potential future impact of these events on the chess community.
Expressed gratitude to the sponsor, 80,000 Hours, a nonprofit guiding career choices for positive impact.
Mentioned the importance of planning one's career to make a difference, referencing the 80,000-hour work life span.
Highlighted the free resources provided by 80,000 Hours for career planning.
Revealed initial plans for the video's content, including a discussion on Hans Niemann's performance.
Reflected on personal bias and the challenge of covering the cheating scandal and Hans Niemann's situation.
Described the intense atmosphere of the interviews, especially with Hans Niemann.
Commented on the popularity of the Hans Niemann interview, which gained significant views.
Discussed the dynamics of the interview with Hans Niemann, including accusations and personal attacks.
Shared personal feelings of being blindsided by the confrontational nature of the Hans Niemann interview.
Mused on whether the interview's confrontation was genuine or staged for the audience.
Reflected on the community's reaction to the Hans Niemann interview and its impact on public perception.
Discussed the results of the Speed Chess Championship and the implications for the players involved.
Highlighted the potential for chess to grow as an esport and the need for bigger sponsorships.
Shared experiences from the live event in Paris, including the venue and audience interaction.
Speculated on the future of Hans Niemann and the chess community's response to his actions.
Announced an upcoming Netflix series on the chess Grandmaster cheating scandal, featuring Magnus Carlsen and Hans Niemann.
Transcripts
ladies and
gentlemen recently I traveled to Paris
France and in Paris I was a commentator
I was a media personality I was on site
on camera talent for chess.com uh for
the first ever live speeches
Championship finale which features
Magnus Carlson hiar Nakamura Ali ruja
and Hans Neiman uh and when I was there
I was interviewing all the players
beforehand and it was pretty wild in
today's video the first thing that I'm
going to do is give you my thoughts
which I haven't really shared fully just
yet uh about the explosive Hans nean
interview which is the name of the
YouTube uh video uh and also the results
of the event The Fallout of the event
and what this could mean for the future
of Chess sometimes I like to make these
videos where there are no chess moves if
you care to hear my perspective on uh my
position in the ecosystem of Chess and
what this could mean uh for the future
of the game uh before we uh jump into
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career now let's get back to the video
okay hello it's me again um the first
thing that we are going to do uh in
today's video is I'm going to show you a
you know like kind of crappy outline of
uh what we're going to talk about I
don't know why this bullet point is here
we're going to talk about Hans demon
thoughts on speeches Championship 2024
of course Hans demon that's what we're
going to start with am I biased we're
going to talk a little bit about the
report then we're going to talk about
the results in Paris and what what
what's next uh and then we're going to
talk about everything else and of course
we will have a little moment we talk
about Vladimir karnick so uh basically
let's start with Hans
demon
uh when I went to Paris I knew that I
was going to interview all the players I
was going to talk to them I had had
questions there already uh some were
going to be fun segments like we were
going to solve blindfolded chess puzzles
with some of the players we solved them
with three of the players we also were
going to do a segment about your mobile
phone like what apps do you use and how
much screen time do you have we managed
to do that with Magnus hicaro and with
fuja because the earlier part of their
interview was about 1520 minutes and
then uh the other uh segment was also
about 15-20
minutes we didn't manage to get to it
with Hans because the interview was
supposed to be 30 minutes total like The
Others went 46 minutes and then there
was a press conference so we weren't
able to get into that I also do not know
if he would have agreed
now before I like react to certain
points of the interview the interview
was fascinating so it was at uh it was
on it was filmed on a couch and there
was a camera like basically where you
are you see you you are like the camera
we had a couple of cameras on us but at
the same time there were folks there
filming for secret projects that I can't
talk about when Hans came for the
interview there was double the amount of
cameras as normal
which was already a pretty big deal it
was a fascinating deal and you know if
you go to
YouTube you will see that he's given an
interview he had given an interview
right before the speeches championship
and it was this one it was the full
interview with naroditsky and it was
after he uh won the quarterfinals match
against and you'll notice that I've
watched the entire thing and this one
was was intense but nitzki was quite
good at hearing everything Hans had to
say and then sort of kind of rolling
with the punches and they went back and
forth on a couple of things and you can
watch this one if you'd like and so I
was expecting maybe something similar
but again I wasn't really interested in
putting Hans on the spot or asking him
about the chess.com report or any of
that stuff uh what's what's said has
been said and I was ready to talk about
uh his event that's not really what
happened though uh we covered a lot of
subjects but we sort of went in circles
at some points um I made you know a
couple of bullet points here which are
my level of bias and covering Hunts uh
the chess.com report and so on um I will
say though the Hunts even interviews do
quite well 665,000 views in 10 days the
Magnus Carlson interview from this event
did like
400k Hikaru and alza did you know I
don't know 300
100K and you can see here like even the
official Channel had a lot of views 227
the listen the Pierce Morgan interview
had 215 I mean we're talking about this
the this is the biggest H interview we
we have yet so you know this kind of
stuff uh is really fascinating
because most
sports are first of all team sports
right team sporting uh events and
there's that whole element of it
individual sports very rarely
get high intensity interviews where the
interviewee might argue with the person
who's uh interviewing them or might be
making very pointed uh statements
because a lot of top athletes just get
like tons of PR training and they say
like well I couldn't have done it
without my team and I got to thank my
team and I got to thank this person and
that and we're just trying to do our
best and um yeah Hans he went right into
it and I said he he he stated uh that I
am a chess.com
sponsored um propaganda voice I'm
paraphrasing
uh and I was like oh wow like we're just
we're just getting right into it and
that was kind of fascinating because
that's not what I was expecting I wasn't
expecting it to be so pointed and I
listen I don't have
anything I mean I don't have anything to
hide
I Hans had mentioned that I had streamed
on hikaru's channel in 2020 and 2021 OG
chess fans like pre- pandemic and early
pandemic uh remember those days it was
hikaro playing in the Champions chess
tour the Melt water whatever they were
called and I would commentate on his
channel um but I also didn't understand
what that had to do with the issue at
hand I guess it was mostly a question of
can I cover the cheating scandal and
hikaru's actions and chc's actions in an
unbiased fashion um one thing that
totally slipped my mind by the way be
during the
interview Hans at some point said he had
like 2,000 viewers or something and I
had like 50 this was maybe 2019 2020
and what totally slipped my mind is um
around that
time I think he was like quite literally
working with chess.com to to to improve
his streaming presence like I I had no
recollection because I didn't stream
much in 2019 in 2020 and then I came
back like obviously during Co and then
all those online tournaments happened
but I was like wait I thought I thought
he like was streaming on trcom all the
time in fact like the Nexus of all of
these the the whole report and
everything was like I cheated online in
meaningless games that's what he was
saying and it was like maybe to boost
his rating to play the other players I
don't exactly know but
regardless I was mildly blindsided by
the the the the level of the
vitriol but here's where what I couldn't
shake off uh and I actually said this to
him in the interview I was like I
thought we were cool
like I thought we were cool we we had a
couple of pretty normal interactions
leading up to this point uh and I did
say in the interview at some point Hans
even was in one of my live streams and
said oh we don't have any problems I've
only got problems with Hikaru
paraphrasing and I was like okay cool
cuz I don't really need problems with
anybody um except Andrea botes but
that's a you know that's a separate
issue uh even that is not serious and uh
yeah I was like oh okay and he said he
was rolling me we actually did we did a
uh beef
and
so there is a there is a a sport the WWE
and there's a sport in the
UFC and in those Sports it's well known
that sometimes athletes turn it on for
the cameras even though behind the
scenes they might be pretty
chill I'm still trying to exactly
pinpoint whether that whole interview
was a work and if it was I'm not going
to tell you okay because that's the
that's the magic of it all right I'm not
going to sit here and tell you oh he's
actually a sweetheart behind the
scenes he wasn't a sweetheart but he
wasn't like he wasn't that guy you know
what I mean like
um and then the last thing obviously we
we talked a lot about the chess.com
report I have I have nothing to add I
have nothing to say they publish the
report he disputes parts of the report
and says it's got mistakes in it and
there was a huge lawsuit and ultimately
that was that now one thing he also said
in the interview was
I don't care about Hikaru I also like
didn't fully process this until later he
said I don't care about Hikaru I want
Hikaru to be old retired in a in a in a
in a old folks home and I'm still going
to be winning and he's going to have to
watch me win and there's nothing he can
do about
it so I made a joke to him because I was
like so you're going to be 70 years old
winning cuz like they're like 10 15
years apart if Hikaru is 80 hans's 65
he's not winning anything at
65
uh but also I had this thought after I
was like wait but he he doesn't want to
beat Hikaru he wants Hikaru to retire
and watch him win
things and I I just kind of was like
wait a minute wouldn't like an elite
Alpha athlete want to like dominate a
fellow athlete as opposed to like yeah
let that guy leave and then you know I'm
just going to keep winning stuff so
there was a couple of things where I
left the interview was like wait a
minute what did he say I didn't quite
get it but then there was the there was
the event and and ultimately I left that
interview like wow that was a lot I wow
that's not what I was
expecting but listen um it's kind of the
name of the game look at the numbers
that interview
did and I would
say what that interview did was leave
people with a couple of final
Impressions number one some people were
critical of my interview skills and I
and they said I was too combative I did
this I did that um some of that is uh
actually accurate like and I would
listen to some of that feedback the
problem is I'm not a journalist and I'm
not an interviewer in that setting I'm a
feel-good interviewer I want to talk to
somebody for 20 minutes crack some jokes
make them do some fun things create some
cool content make it interesting for you
guys I don't want to argue with someone
for 45 minutes on an interview like I
have better things to do uh and I
ultimately at some point I got fed up
but I did kind of keep my cool I didn't
you know people were messaging me like
how did you not punch Hans and I was
like what does that even like what I'm
just going to sucker punch him
like what not like he was like attacking
my family or something all right uh you
know I I I got like a few texts like
that um so that was I mean that was a
little bit of an overreaction but that
that was part of the feedback the other
part of the feedback was people who
supported Hans and were giving him the
benefit of of the doubt in the whole
thing were
uh they were like changing their mind I
think that interview actually tilted
things not in his Direction and I but
then there was the results right then
there was this
interview um there there was that
interview and you know if he had won
against Magnus or he had won against
Hikaru or whatever the the second match
would have been it would have been crazy
but then he gave this
interview uh this was the one after
losing to Hikaru and here I think you
know he he did what what a what a person
that loses is supposed to do especially
a person that that that talks a big game
and loses and um I I don't know how many
people like there's a pretty big View
discrepancy here right uh and people
will not want to give him the benefit of
the doubt after seeing the first
interview but but in my opinion he lost
the way a person uh should lose uh if
that is you know if if they are uh that
kind of personality now again the
biggest mystery to me is I have no idea
if the whole thing is a personality
thing um or if he's really like that if
he's really like
that he's not he's not very nice I mean
and
I but maybe that is something in your
mind that has to be flipped and you
don't have to be very nice but you have
this Killer Instinct and you know you're
going to become a 27 2800 level player I
don't know but uh I I I I don't know
which of the two uh theories uh I
subscribe
to um and listen I get it I mean I like
I said I talked about it quite openly I
thought my coverage of him was quite
Fair compared to some other folks who I
will not name because I've named them
before but
I didn't participate in this whole witch
witch hunt early on in 2022 of like
dissecting all his games and claiming
that I think something is off because
that's not my job that's not my that was
not my role ever uh and
um yeah I guess he still felt like you
know I was a part of the uh the machine
that was working against him somehow uh
but I thought I did a pretty nice job
covering him but I still do get comments
like you were part of the you and hikaro
ruined his life and I was like
I don't think
so I think we did quite separate things
actually um and you know but that's Hans
that's hun and uh he came up
short but very curious to see where he
goes from
here uh and
uh what his next results are he did say
karnick is his life coach by the way
speaking of we will talk about kramnick
right now uh kramnick
uh karnick is with the Olympiad coaching
the USBC team what I find fascinating
about kramnick you know with all his
Clash of claim stuff like how he played
against
Jose
um then he played a second edition of
the match I don't know if any of you saw
this he played something called Clash of
blames which originally they tried to
call Clash of claims 2 nobody was
involved in it who was involved in Clash
Of Claims One except the players the
Chess World is like ridiculous I don't
know how they just thought that they
could copy the exact same name and exact
same concept and it was played on a
totally different website it was played
on some sort of online Arena run by the
international governing body of the game
I don't exactly know but Vladimir
karnick himself is the fair play officer
of that new chess
company and their whole thing is it is
the fairest play place to play chess and
then there were Reddit threads of
people claiming they've been cheating on
the website for months and not getting
banned you can go down this rabbit hole
if you like my point is I have no idea
what Vladimir kick is up to ever since
the Karu stuff the big Crusade of the
anti-cheating Clash of claims won then
he played the second edition against
Jose that when he won by a game like it
was very closer two games um so he had
some things to say and he's apparently
coaching Hans now and Hans offered me a
training camp with him and karnick and I
have to pay them me $100,000 technically
I think it
expired uh
but you know maybe if I if I offered
them the cash they would do it so um
this
uh this is what uh kramnick said about
Hikaru he said this match played this
tongue and Chek under unfair conditions
for hikaro far away from the comfortable
chair at home congratulations to fua
someone breaking all normal chess.com
standards being the same level player
over theboard online from home online
under surveillance unique nowadays um
look yeah karnick basically continued
the narrative and he's even turned it up
on notch in in just straight up accusing
hikaro of cheating um he he just keeps
doing it I I don't even and the craziest
thing is like then in the match against
Hans he
said you know there's something more
important than Mastery of Chess it's the
Mastery of your emotions and he said
that Hikaru did not play well against
Hans in the five plus1 segment um but
then he uh you know he beat him a few
times in the three minute and Hans you
know
tilted and
um yeah see hearo losing I told you he's
cheating he's winning I told you
like and the craziest thing now about
karnick besides being apparently H's
life coach is he's coaching the
usbekistan team for the
Olympiad I I just find the whole thing
wild that he he's obviously unbelievably
well respected for his chess
accomplishments and there is a level of
like separation the art from the artist
separate the the the person from the
artist there is a element of that like
you have to respect all his
contributions to chess and probably his
ability as a trainer as well it's so
wild to me though that you could just go
online and accuse like 50 different
people of cheating maybe even more at
this point and the community is like
what's up man hey it it just I I think
yeah maybe it's chess players maybe it's
just in general people are just so
unbelievably fake like to each other's
face like I I but I don't know I can't
really handle it I I I don't know I sort
of wear my heart on my sleeve and I I
don't know how these people all coexist
in the same room when you know they go
home and you know they talk uh then they
write whatever they want on social media
but Kick's got a wild trajectory I have
no idea what what's next but that's Hans
and kramnick um and now I would just
like to give you some thoughts
about um the results of the overall
event and then the live venue and what
this means for the future of like sports
uh and sorry for chess and Esports so
Magnus was
unbelievable you almost start wondering
like it's a shame hikaro lost in the
semi-final to fuja because an inform
hikaro a motivated hikaro would have
been given him a better fight than fuja
did in the final and Hans did in the
semis fuja lost to Magnus by 16 points
which was crazy and he tilted like an
hour into the match if even he tilted
game six and then they had to play 24
more games so he lost game six and
literally immediately totally fell apart
he took a onegame lead in the early
portion then Magnus tied it up and then
they had this really you know odd game
where fua was just like crushing in the
opening and then and then didn't you
know just allowed a lot of counterplay
and ended up losing the game he couldn't
recover from that uh and he didn't yeah
he didn't play his best and and Magnus
was just in in quite good form uh Hikaru
losing to fuja in the semi-final is a
is definitely a big story uh fuja was
very sharp clearly very motivated but
it's unclear what it means I mean hearo
in a lot of interviews now is talking
about his age he's talking about some
motivation stuff and you really never
know because then he showed up to the
bronze medal match and played a
fantastic match against Hans so it's
unclear uh but you do some somehow get
the sense hikaro does have a foot out
the door maybe like half a foot out the
door um he's you know turning 37 this
year that's that's that's older when it
comes to top players and yet he's top
three in the world in classical still
and he's uh quite good and and strong
still in Rapid and Blitz so we'll see
we'll see what it means but obviously uh
the Chess World will definitely be less
interesting if he Caro chooses to retire
hopefully he's got you know a couple of
years remaining fua had a monster year
we'll see if he can continue uh playing
well like in the candidates for example
and uh the next candidate cycle same
with Hans I mean we're going to see if
if this kind of carries over to to
classical uh over theboard chess and
listen I'm going to have to probably
interview him at future events so I I
doubt the the next Edition is going to
be that uh exciting
but I think we've turned of we've sort
of turned a page uh in the Hans demon
thing uh
although then this was
announced uh and um this is the last
thing I'm going to I'm going to pan over
here to this was announced
that they're going to do
a a there's going to be a new Untold
series on Netflix which is behind the
scenes Sports documentary stuff very
cool stuff I've seen a couple of
episodes I saw one about um Jake Paul uh
there's me responding to get attention
and uh there's going to be the uh chess
Grandmaster cheating scandal so it's
going to be Magnus and uh and Hans
pretty wild so I don't know if I'm going
to make an appearance in that uh but uh
crazy absolutely crazy stuff maybe we're
going to get a whole bunch of New
Perspective that we haven't been given
yet uh so yeah I think we've turned a
page for now until the untold comes out
and then maybe it generates a bunch of
excitement last but not least this was
the first ever live event with uh with
this many chess fans I think in
attendance there was fans in the arena
uh this is what it looked like it was at
espot which is a very cool venue it's
got different rooms and locations this
is the uh Arena the players played here
normally they have you know a row of
five cuz it's Esports on the opposite
side of this which you cannot see here
they have a like where my cursor is they
have seating so there was people who
could sit here uh the most difficult
thing there was the fact that um if the
players in the arena had an evaluation
bar they would be able to react they
would see the bar and go and then the
players in the next would go oh I can
hear the crowd is getting restless so I
have something and that's the struggle
about Chess the maybe the only way to
mitigate this when the audience has more
information than the chass players is to
put the players like this but in a big
glass box which is soundproof and
apparent this has been done before where
the players sit there's a glass you can
see the players but the players cannot
see you and the fans can be as loud as
possible cheering you know and they see
the players there um and maybe that's
the way to do it and and and then the
the audience can get a live commentary
like in the ear you know like they have
silent Raves you have headphones but
there is music playing so everybody's
dancing but it's silent
so maybe that's that's one way to do it
there was about 3 400 people there I met
a bunch of people took a bunch of
pictures with with people sign signed
stuff for people uh and uh it was it it
was quite special it was quite cool and
and and a lot of a lot of people were
were very nice I do wonder if we can
sell you know a th000 or 2,000 or 5,000
for some of the elite players of the
world uh I'm really hopeful you know I'm
really hopeful because I think I think
chess can can easily you know grow to to
an ort like 30% the size of some of the
biggest orts in the world I would hope
but we have to uh we have to get there
and there were problems you know there
were problems even
though Hans said I have you know we have
non-disparagement agreements with ch.com
um or something along those lines but uh
yeah like the you know the events page
was lagging at some points uh there were
there were some broadcast issues uh
there were uh little things that I you
know I would change about like player
walkouts or uh the crowd you know
elements of the crowd and and things
like that uh but that's all stuff that
gets solved over time and these are kind
of like the early additions and I'm
staying positive and optimistic that
these things can be can be mitigated but
espot was super cool uh chess say an
esport is a is a fascinating
phenomenon and hopefully more things are
coming in the future more Big Brand
collabs like there was no big brand uh
title sponsor for speechs championship I
know they partnered with like displate
that was a big one but you know why does
chess not have a watch sponsor watch
companies Tio scitec Casio Rolex hit us
up man I mean the clock is like integral
to the game how do we not have a watch
sponsor we need bigger sponsorships in
chess and uh that's what I'm hoping that
you know some of these things can
ultimately lead to but a wild time in
Paris it was uh the Hans demon interview
don't know if it's kayf
if you don't know what kayfabe is I will
um kayfabe is uh the fact or Convention
of presenting stage performances as
genuine or authentic I don't know how
much of it is kayab I don't know how
much of it is real and I don't know what
the future holds because now that Hans
lost up Magnus and Hikaru and gave that
interview where he had a kind of
refreshing new and humble perspective
we'll see if it carries on or we'll see
if he rattles off a few wins and says
I'm back baby Hans demon is back you
know I can't wait for the next interview
cuz um it's going to be a wild one
so those are my perspectives and
uh yeah the Chess World Keeps on
chugging
along get out of here
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