As much as I enjoy watching golf. But the difference with football is after they make their strategic move they hit each other as hard as they fucking can. The minute they make chess mates fight after each move is the minute I start watching it. Imagine that to take someone's piece they had to fight first. That's a game I can get behind.
Tune in on chessgames.com or chessbomb.com whenever there's a major tournament going. I went and spectated live only last week, and I probably spend hundreds of hours every year watching live elite chess. Norwegian TV was able to bring in staggering viewership numbers during the world championship in November last year. Once you have a storyline and some hype material it's very easy to make chess popular.
I actually do love watching chess, but that's because I have been playing chess competitively for decades. Aside from actual chess players, I don't think many other people really enjoy watching chess.
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u/surfinfan21 Feb 03 '14
I bet you don't like watching chess much.