Okay, no idea what to really expect from #ChessMasters on BBC2 now but let's give it a go.
A speed chess game where only a handful of moves can be shown to explain the strategies or risks because trying to do that in real time would miss a quarter of the game does not make for great television.
The faux tension and excitement of the ridiculously easy "puzzle" section. Jesus.
#ChessMasters was an unbelievably poor high-brow replacement for #OnlyConnect but it could have been worse. We could have had sob stories. They could have started singing.