Chess currently has its highest profile for years – with millions gripped by the world championship. But one attempt to capitalise on this interest – a Norway versus the Rest of the World match – has been abandoned due to online sabotage.
Kjetil Kolsrud, the Managing Editor of Norway’s Aftenposten newspaper, thought a Norway versus the Rest of the World online crowdsourced match would boost audience engagement and be a bit of fun. That’s not how it turned out. “It didn’t take long for chat rooms to fill up with pranksters,” says Kolsrud. People in Norway – and the rest of the world respectively – had one hour to decide each move. Each hour, the most popular move would be played. Anyone with an IP address in Norway would play for team Norway; anyone outside, for the Rest of the World…
via BBC News
