Get emotional

News from traditional game shows has slowed to a turkey-dinner-induced crawl over the Thanksgiving holiday. So I checked in again on the women's world chess championship at Chess TV.

And I found out that, while there may be no crying in baseball, there is definitely crying in chess. At least women's chess, anyway. As China's Ju Wenjun got eliminated in her semifinal match, the waterworks opened up (see photo).

The male and female commentators started cooing that chess is a cruel game sometimes. Well, sorry to sound like a macho idiot, but any game with winners and losers is inherently cruel. Losing sucks, as many have observed.

I have to admit that the frequent displays of emotion on game shows tend to harden my soul after a while. I feel like muttering, come on, folks, it's just a game. But even a silly little game can hurt. So maybe I should cut contestants a little more slack.