![]() The PogChamps tournament series hosted by is possibly the peak of the game’s dominance on Twitch this year, which saw popular streamers like Félix “xQc” Lengyel and MoistCr1tikal compete for a $50,000 prize pool. It’s not how you get new players into the game.” That tournament coverage exists but it’s really only for experienced players. "No one wants to watch a super long, six hour classical tournament on Twitch. “I think speed chess is more interesting to watch, which is one of the reasons why chess is blowing up so much recently," Andrew adds. ![]() ![]() You have to be good at chess to play speed chess. “It’s completely unreasonable to not call it real chess. But it’s just a bit of a different skillset in my opinion,” Andrew says. So you’ve got a lot of these older players who think speed chess isn’t real chess because it’s not as deep, not as correct, you don’t have as much time to think. “Lots of older people started playing when Bobby Fischer became world champion, especially in America.
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