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Oh god, that final game too... Thalia winning an ultra stressy comeback on time.
I think that just took some years off my life.
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I love the #ChessMasters show but gosh, the latest episode took my stress levels through the roof!
I only managed the first puzzle only in the puzzle challenges, and David Howell dominating three contestants at once got my blood way up.
Just catching up on #ChessMasters - Thalia - who looks great - memorised 26 positions on a chessboard. She got it perfect.
I mean, OK, I am always rubbish at memory tests, but even the other competitors were impressed.
It is an awesome achievement. No matter how it progresses.
I'm glad to see #TheStudio is as good as everyone says.
Feels like we're spoiled for good #television at the moment, what with that and #1923, #WhiteLotus, #Daredevil, #Adolescence and #Severance.
Plus #HighPotential was pretty fun, #ChessMasters is back on the BBC, #WheelOfTime somehow keeps getting renewed, and the US version of #HIGNFY #haveIGotNewsForYou has started to get better.
I'm sure they had fun making it, but #ChessMasters is crap tv.
BBC4 really pushing #ChessMasters and who can blame them when it's as utterly appalling as it is?
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#ChessMasters was an unbelievably poor high-brow replacement for #OnlyConnect but it could have been worse. We could have had sob stories. They could have started singing.
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The faux tension and excitement of the ridiculously easy "puzzle" section. Jesus.
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A speed chess game where only a handful of moves can be shown to explain the strategies or risks because trying to do that in real time would miss a quarter of the game does not make for great television.
Okay, no idea what to really expect from #ChessMasters on BBC2 now but let's give it a go.