‘Not realistic to expect fans to watch long games online’World chess champion Magnus Carlsen is unsure about any further growth of mass interest in the classical time format of the game. The Norwegian genius, the most dominant player across formats, continued his supremacy among the world’s best players in the inaugural million-dollar online Chess Tour named after him this year. In an interview to Chess Life Online published this week, Carlsen said: “In general, the future of classical chess, as it is now, is a little bit dubious. “I think the rapid format is excellent for online play because you keep at least some semblance of high quality chess and it also doesn't take too long,” he said. He would compete a World championship but not be playing as much classical chess in the next one year as he did last year, he said.

Source: The Hindu November 19, 2020 17:04 UTC