English Chess Forum

Hi does anyone else bet on chess?

I bet both online and in real life....

I will have a flutter on Magnus in the next world championship match.

What odds would you have got on betting that half way into the candidates we are yet to see a Berlin Wall? 1,000,000-1?

Ok I don't bet on chess but I was contacted by a betting firm who wanted a chess consultant to help them work out how to "arrange their product for optimal impact on routes to market". I don't know what made me a candidate for that role but I was running a chess tournament news feed at the time I suppose.

Would I bet on chess? No. Chess is fixed....lol seriously what with the Berlin defence, players playing safe and Agon hiding the moves I'd rather not.

Which firm was that?

No.
Betting is a very bad idea, on chess or anything else.

looks like Reds will cover me...

Hi Joshua - looks like the Reds failed to cover you. Small time betting is fine if it's under control but we have all heard about gambling addiction. My father spent a good deal of money and most of his time betting on horse racing and won some very significant amounts - but there was the downside and let me tell you that was no fun.

Joshua - could you also think about removing some, at least, of all of this stuff that you put under every post. You are accepted here without it all.

lol... Hope Karjakin and Anand win now!

John - I just like to tell people who I am so they know my perspective on things.

Yes - but it's half a screen full every time! Too much. What you say in your posts will give people a fairly good idea of your perspective - I mean we now know you like a bet.

Where are you finding places to give you odds on this - I thought bookies pretty much only did football and horse racing.

Betfair and the like, probably. There are loads of different things you can bet on on the betting sites.

i use marathon bet... cant believe i lost lol