Chess

Is anyone watching candidates live? I feel like classical chess is way too slow to enjoy watching live and I much prefer the more modern events with rapid time controls of around 15 minutes. For candidates I’ve just been watching the Gotham recap every day.

i don't follow the candidates live anymore due to time constraints. i've followed the last four tho. recaps are fun, but watching it as it happens - your favorite player holding on to that draw, spotting a winning tactic, or making a one move blunder - imo it's all worth witnessing live.

caesar cipher expert, bell curve memes enthusiast, learning multiplication tables, posts frogs all the time, scared of em irl

do what excites you fren, let's all enjoy the beauty of chess in our own ways!

Yep I enjoy watching live for the reasons you give which I why I like the 15 min time controls. Then I’m able to watch a whole game from start to finish which I don’t feel like I can do with classical :)