In-depth interview of Emil Sutovsky with Levy Rozman |

[@ZeCroiSSanT950]

It's nice that Levy is promoting small channels like FIDE on youtube.

[@joshwhite3339]

@@ArederQ It's crazy that when I search for "Fide Candidates 2024" the Fide broadcast is like the 8th result. KZbin tries to show me broadcasts in Portuguese before it shows the official Fide broadcast lol

[@ArederQ]

@@joshwhite3339 it's because of the subscriber count but as proZD pointed out KZbin search is kind of broken nowadays

[@adomaskuzinas2137]

@@joshwhite3339 Bad CEO = bad SEO

[@belizean_koolisalu_pue3431]

I've never considered this. Dang. It's so true.

[@whiskbiscuit7199]

Honestly even if they don't agree 100% it's cool to see that Emil is at least open to some sort of change. Great interview

[@albailey2346]

Agreed

[@EliL-se3bh]

Great interview. We always hear players blaming FIDE for its rules/traditions but it is good to hear FIDE perspective.

[@Ran_Tt]

Emil???? Is that you?😂

[@DuncanEduardo]

Emil was a 2700+ player once so its good that a former high rated professional is in the upper echelons of organising the game

[@sandeeproy1327]

Beautiful interview Levy! You asked the right questions and glad that Emil answered them point blank.

[@GrayFox_248]

Any % speedrun 6:37 for Levy to mention Magnus For real though, keep up the great work Levy! You’ve done so much to help the chess community!

[@carokus]

I am somewhat surprised that this video has received very few views. Whoever is in charge of managing FIDE's social media accounts should consider promoting it through other chess influencers like Hikaru and Levi. While it may seem a bit pushy, it is a shame to see such a great interview with so few views.

[@SevenSeasDrama]

I think he makes a lot of sense. Personally, I am inclined to side with him. Chess has survived for thousands of years without being commercial. Trying to make it such by sacrificing everything else is not the way forward. I also don't think Chess will ever be a major TV sport no matter how short the games are. It is actually much harder for regular people to follow blitz, because you need a very good understanding of the game. I think the Candidates & WC is perfectly good system (I just disagree about how people qualify to it).

[@critercat]

Glad that Emil was so willing to talk about the actual economics of putting on these events. It sometimes looks so obvious what FIDE should do but the logistical and economic complications are immense.

[@miroslavjanecek9993]

90+30+30 is a perfect tempo for classical chess. I hope classical will never die out, that would be the biggest tragedy in chess history. It's the purest, traditional, most prestigious, basic form of chess. We can have other formats, we can have Fischer random, we can have anything, but classical chess should always remain the most important and should never die out.

[@KARATESAI]

There is a requirement for a chess calender for Fans. The players know which tournaments happen and where they happen, but FIDE needs to put a calendar out for Fans and also schedule events ahead of time. FIDE also needs to advertise and improve its social media presence to draw more eyes to its tournaments.

[@miroslavjanecek9993]

They should take some ideas from the ATP tennis circuit.

[@3BodyProblem23]

Levys value to the game is becoming more and more evident. This interview, for most, would fly under the radar if Levy wasnt in it. Add Levy and boom.

[@maxsalkovuo5173]

Levy has increased the popularity of the game so much that I think it would be great if FIDE would introduce some kind of title or honorary adward for the work that these persons are doing. Somekind of chess ambassador or sonething

[@adomaskuzinas2137]

IMbassador?

[@robinthomsoncomposer]

What a great interview raising some very interesting questions in relation to the future modernisation of the game.

[@internetservices-ki7px]

Great interview!! Nice to see talking so open about controversial topics!!

[@SportsFan-h2g]

Fide milking content with levy as much as possible.

[@salahaddali9100]

and I'm here for it

[@Zwellop]

They need him fr

[@carolatkinson795]

Agree. I'm only watching this because it's Levy. Levy is a great interviewer. He asks the important questions.

[@bdpv02]

If its for the good of chess why not

[@mvxarmbrstr4366]

like Levi milking Magnus for content

[@bhagyaakalanka2433]

I really love the longer format

[@RakenMaharjan]

I cant unsee the thing happening with Levy's eyes.

[@AdamGaffney96]

I think the thing is, if you really think it's not feasible to have a large scale knockout tournament once a month that's fine, even once a quarter would probably be fine. The issue is less the frequency of tournaments, but it's the fact that as a fan, unless it's the Candidates/World Championship, or Wijk aan Zee, it's really hard to just get the info on what tournaments are happening with big players. In tennis you have the 4 grand slams that are regularly occurring, in football you always know when the champions league or the world cup is happening. In chess a tournament with like 8 of the top 10 players playing will just show up one day, and even people relatively invested in watching live classical chess won't know until it's happening. I think there needs to be a better system for disseminating this information within chess.

[@kaspertrollberg1051]

I've been following chess since I was a child. I think it wouldn't be a bad idea to think about the time formats. Very few people follow a game that lasts 5-6 hours. I don't either these days. I have a stream running and occasionally watch it and then I wait for Agatmator und Gotham to do an analysis. The only classical game in recent years that I couldn't take my eyes off was Magnus - Nepo game 6 of their match. Short time formats are much more fun to watch. I also often hear that from friends who don't watch as much chess as I do.

[@steven99456]

FIDE should focus on a clear calendar, and trying to get into the North American sports audience/TV .. Swiss System Rapid with short enough time control (5+5?) .. or 8 player super tournaments 1 day knockout .. OTB with great coverage. Also a big draw is the PERSONALITIES of the chess world, not even the chess. Documentaries, player promos, etc. Players like Anish, Nodirbek, Hans, Jennifer Yu, Carissa that can bring fans.

[@albailey2346]

I have never played a classical game in my life. I’ve played 3-2 for over a year every day and will analyze my games. I’ve definitely rapidly learned chess this way. So I disagree that kids can’t learn proper chess with faster time controls. In fact, a 10 minute game feels so long to me that I end up calculating a lot because I’m bored waiting for my opponent. And if you look at the top players, the ones with more games and endgames under their belt tend to have a better chance of winning. And this tracks with my experience too. As I played more games, I recognized positions faster and learned from my mistakes. In this sense, I’d argue that shorter games are better for kids to learn. They can focus for the whole game, feel less frustrated with a loss, and gain experience with positions, repetition and pattern recognition much faster.

[@steven99456]

PHN fell off his chair

[@Hagb3rd]

For a mere mortal it's nice to know that there's shit going on at an extREMELY high (deep) level in a top chess game that I cannot approach to fathom - at all. That's part of the fascination of top chess for me. T'would be sad if that sorta went away even if it was no longer neccesary for winning the faster games in case classical was dropped. And Mr. Sutovsky's point, that You can only become extrEEMELY good through classical format, supports that feel. But does it hold? Levy didn't seem to buy it. Will future future top level players be unable to reach Magnus/Kasparov level if they're never forced to sit through loooooong games? And does it matter, if what we say now constitutes 'best player' (their level) is their rapid/long rapid rating, and who cares how good they are at classical, classical is booooring' and not at all a measurement of how good You are'? ;-) Hard nut, indeed.

[@superrgmeli]

Need to put FIDE CEO in the title, no one knows this dude by name

[@abhrojitdhar4921]

Levy and Sagar Shah is becoming a better love story than Levy and Magnus!😂

[@gollumarx]

At the end of the interview, I was as sad as Levy looked. We are living a chess boom right now that won't be truly capitalized if there are no serious talks about future formats and incorporating Fischer random as a legitimate FIDE mode. I am sure donors appreciate the beauty of the game beyond the boring traditions...

[@VanilloSchachner]

I like the comparison with fifa, cause sometimes Fide seems to be as corrupt xD

[@josiahmacfarlane4344]

The audio echoing is killing me. When one of them is taking, you have to mute the other, before releasing an interview. Especially with lapel mics.

[@pureaberdeen8724]

27:34 Emil says his favourite board game is Catan, even CEO of FIDE doesn't like chess the best!

[@XlogicXX]

Dude! FIDE needs to speed up the games, or they will lose not only Magnus but all the new post-Covid audience.

[@seya_2]

Nope. Chess was still a thing before covid and was doing just fine. They don't have to do anything.

[@XlogicXX]

@seya_2 Ok. Good luck, Dinosaurs... lol

[@seya_2]

@@XlogicXX nothing to add?

[@XlogicXX]

@seya_2 not surprised you don't understand. Moving on.

[@seya_2]

@@XlogicXX maybe if you knew how explain it well.

[@glorfindel17]

Errrr, Russia & its affiliates are no longer possible. …

[@syonnain]

...why is the interviewer talking more than the interviewee?

[@theitchiestwitch]

Well but the egg came first... so...

[@alexanderallegra432]

What about cheating and chess? I can’t play any game without being swindled by a 12 year old cheater

[@ZeCroiSSanT950]

that has more to do with chesscom and lichess, not FIDE

[@danielduranloosli]

I can't believe this guy managed to give such boring empty responses tu such relevant questions. Also, a multinational audience needs subtitles to understand this dude; provide them instead of leaving it automatic.

[@Updog89]

He is basically a politician. Empty, vapid and meaningless word salad is their area of specialty.

[@randy0120]

FIDE is not willing to move chess into the modern day and it is really sad to see. No, I will not buy tickets to events, watch games live. I would rather watch recaps on youtube because DUE TO THE TIME CONTROLS chess is not fun to watch.

[@miroslavjanecek9993]

I am watching Candidates these two weeks and having a great time. Of course, quality commentary is a must. But classical chess is the best, it's the ultimate chess.

[@electricruchir]

stuck up elite gatekeeping boomer. levy did great with the trap this was. fide felt this would look good

[@andy0519]

FIDE is just happy to not sell the game, and having only top superGMs make a living of it. They have many tournaments that are played with donated money. I mean, if you want people to care and grow the game, you have to leave the traditions. No one is asking to change the candidates format to bullet, but what is the problem with 60+30 for example. Why not focus on rapid tournaments of 15-30 minutes, which is great balance of quality, watchability and drama. He is talking like chess quality and teachings would be lost, and like chess is in a great situation, like more than a handfull of players csn make a living of only playing. FIDE sucks