Topic: Chess on Sports/eSports betting - page 9. (Read 2301 times)

Blitz games can be a lot more exciting that is true, but once again chess is difficult to understand even with all the time in the world to ponder about your moves, in blitz mode it is really difficult for the viewers to understand what is happening and even if there was an expert broadcasting the games it will be difficult for him to describe the action on the board to the spectators, however I really hope that chess is making a comeback with the public and becomes more popular as I love the game and I have played it for years.

Since chess is on the top streaming right now, those popular streamers could influence others to be interested in the game. The problem is, when they knew the term "chess" they think it as a hard, complex, difficult, and very boring game even though they didn't play the game. There's a mode in chess which is blitz, a 5 minutes game and tbh it's very suspense and thrilling if you knew the game even its basics.

Every large tournament (and there are several big tournaments per year), several bets are available on these bookmakers. Right now there are bets available on the Chessable masters 2020 with Carlsen as heavy favorite to win the title (odd is around 1.4).

So this means that we already have these chess bookies. I haven't watched a live match although I have been playing chess since I was a kid but I'm not that good at all.
How often does those casinos offer chess bets?

I barely see a popular sports betting platform that includes chess on it. Most of the adults are playing chess so I wonder why there are few sports betting that has it.
Chess is a great game and there are plenty of players on it in lichess.org, chess24.com and chess.com.

I think the same way too! Its entertaining only for those who plays it and to the audience who knows how to play it. But for me, its kind of boring and silence makes me not entertained. I watch esports that I didn't even know how to play but I still enjoyed it. Its hard just like other esports game but I think the problem is how it appears to other people. And yep, they will still have their audience but I'm not sure it will be as big as other games.

               Its true that older people enjoyed playing chess since it is relaxing and stimulates your brain to analyze, but to be honest it is not really that popular when it comes to betting or gambling since it is a slow paced game and needs quiet a lot of time to make a move. I have been also wondering before if there are existing gambling sites intended for chess but now i've seen some.

I barely see a popular sports betting platform that includes chess on it. Most of the adults are playing chess so I wonder why there are few sports betting that has it.
Chess is a great game and there are plenty of players on it in lichess.org, chess24.com and chess.com.

Actually, there's a lot of tournament in chess that was implemented during the quarantine and those events are being participated by Grand Masters which has a rating of greater than 2500.

• Clutch Chess Showdown 2
• Lindores Abbey Rapid Challenge
• Clutch Chess Champions
• FIDE Chess.com Online Nations Cup
• Chess24 MCI Finals

On the side of streaming.

There's a bunch of streamers on twitch that's playing chess right now and you can't believe that it has a lot of viewers. One of those popular streamers is GM Hikaru, he also played on those tournaments that I've mentioned. Even the top 1 overall rating, GM Magnus Carlsen, is also streaming in twitch.

We all knew that most popular games are LoL, CS:GO, Dota 2, and Fornite but recently, a medieval game which is chess, climbed to the top of the most played games in twitch. This game is a sport and can even be considered in eSports since it can be done electronically so I hope there are gambling sites that consider this game on their platform.

GM Hikaru also have a chess battle with popular streamers in other games like @xQc @BoxBox @voyboy @Papaplatte @Yassuo @nymnion and there's a possibility that Twitch will be organized a twitch rival on chess! IMO, it'll be better to have this kind of category since there are many fans of chess all over the world.

https://www.theverge.com/21292747/chess-twitch-games-viewership-stream-hikaru-nakamura

So this means that we already have these chess bookies. I haven't watched a live match although I have been playing chess since I was a kid but I'm not that good at all.
How often does those casinos offer chess bets?

Some bookmakers that offer betting on chess: marathonbet (accepting crypto); unibet, bwin, betway (all major bookmakers but not accepting cryptos at the moment).

Watching a regular chess match is indeed boring, but rapid games (with Carlsen) are fun to watch.

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Can you share which sportsbook offer betting on chess matches ? 

Chess is good game to play of you know how to play it but watching a chess match is very boring. Probably that's the reason chess is not popular amount the sports bookies.

This is true that this is all about strategy, the moves of yours and that of opponent needs to be known so that accordingly you can also make the move. It really requires lot of brain muscle to work and that too it should be very quick in thinking and expected results of the move. Well this is surely not everyone games and also it requires lot of calmness in head to think decisively.

I love chess games, in fact, I downloaded it on my phone to give some room playing online while in quarantine.
For there will be a place where we can include this in online/sports betting it might get interesting for oldies to participate as well or those chess lovers will get into it. Or maybe I consider myself for this and maybe this could also help to promote this game as most of the new generation had giving no/less interest in learning rather than those ROS and many other online games.

I never understand fully on how to play chess even though I tried hard to learn it. These days even school good kids are playing good chess games and it also make their brain strong. In some countries, like Japan, chess is compulsory for the kids to develop their thinking power on their brains. However, I doubt if there is any scope for the betting on chess.

I love chess games, in fact, I downloaded it on my phone to give some room playing online while in quarantine.
For there will be a place where we can include this in online/sports betting it might get interesting for oldies to participate as well or those chess lovers will get into it. Or maybe I consider myself for this and maybe this could also help to promote this game as most of the new generation had giving no/less interest in learning rather than those ROS and many other online games.

               Its true that older people enjoyed playing chess since it is relaxing and stimulates your brain to analyze, but to be honest it is not really that popular when it comes to betting or gambling since it is a slow paced game and needs quiet a lot of time to make a move. I have been also wondering before if there are existing gambling sites intended for chess but now i've seen some.

I kinda agree that only a few people will enjoy watching a chess game since it takes a lot of time before a player decided to make a move. It's not that I don't find it entertaining, but in my place, there's a nearby park where some people are playing chess. But looking at their age range, older people tend to appreciate chess more than younger people. But since I think that younger people are more into online gambling compared to older people, they prefer more entertaining games and sports.

However, it's good to know that chess is starting to gain interest among players. Maybe in the future, we will be able to see a lot of sports betting platforms that will accept chess.

I see some twitch streamer.

Don't know why right now a lot people trying to playing a chest online ~LOL, this hype. I don't really know how good and strategy playing a chest, to much thinking for me so can't really enjoy playing the game. But seeing some streamer who turned to play into a chest kinda funny.