Magnus vs The World

[wtg]

Any chess players here?

Magnus Carlsen, the chess grandmaster who has become the public face of the game, was forced into a draw after an intense game played over 6 1/2 weeks — and it only took some 143,000 opponents working together to do it.

In a freestyle match that chess.com billed as Magnus vs. The World, Carlsen was pitted against a team consisting of any and every member of the online community who wanted to join.

The website said the number of players reached a record 143,000, as people from around the globe rushed to play against the Norwegian chess legend.

https://www.npr.org/2025/05/20/nx-s1-5405430/chess-magnus-carlsen-draw-the-world?utm_placement=newsletter&user_id=66c4c06e5d78644b3aab4472

[CHAS]

No doubt 143,000 players agreed on every move.

[Marchant]

I remember at TNCR there was a thread containing a chess game, where one person played against a group, and the group used PMs to discuss the game and agree on their moves. I think the thread title was something like "I'm white, you're all black". I think Ivorythumper was involved, and maybe also Klaus, Jon-NYC, and Axtremus, but my memory of it is a bit hazy so I could be wrong about who was in it.

[CHAS]

Looked at the streaming company DAZN. It streams sports and chess matches from around the globe.
It costs almost $30 a month.
I did not look for very long.