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Chess Fans Read This Reference to Alabama vs Clemson
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Chess Fans Read This Reference to Alabama vs Clemson


Dec 1, 2016, 1:53 PM

The following excerpt from a NY Times article about the recent world chess championships makes reference to Alabama vs Clemson:


"This was the first world championship match in New York since 1995, and organizers hoped to emulate the luxury boxes at baseball or basketball games, with a V.I.P. lounge where drinks were free and tickets cost up to $1,200 a day. Regular day passes cost $75 most days. It was a test for chess as an American spectator sport, and the results were mixed. Even in the venue, most spectators followed the game on video monitors or computer simulations of the board, rather than observing the players through the one-way mirrors. Many played their own games as the action was going on. Yet the energy of the crowd at moments was unmistakable, if never exactly at the level of Alabama versus Clemson."

Link: http://www.nytimes.com/2016/11/30/nyregion/magnus-carlsen-defends-title-in-world-chess-championship.html?_r=0

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