A huge tournament is now going on in Gibraltar, of all places, with some very highly ranked players and a lot of not so highly ranked players. The official site offers live commentary from American IM Irina Krush and British GM Simon Williams. And by pure dumb luck, the tournament has hit on a very entertaining couple.
Irina and Simon are fine at technical commentary as they hop around the zillion games in the open tournament. But lots of tournaments offer good chess commentary. It's the other stuff that sets the Williams-Krush duo apart. They giggle, flirt with each other, bet (small amounts) on the games, tell war stories about themselves and other players, answer sometimes goofy questions from Internet viewers, and generally act like they're enjoying themselves.
Who knew chess was fun?
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