Liam Too wrote (31 Jan 2006 07:56:01 -0800):

It's the excitement of the game that differs poker
from chess. If chessplayers will be able to overcome
the presence of some noises, then chess is ready
for TV.

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In Sam Sloan's book on Chinese Chess, he described
the atmosphere of the game as being quite different
from that at a European chess event. Evidently, there
was a lot of crowd participation. Perhaps we need to
be more like the Chinese.