Chess has recently been enjoying a spike in popularity. This is predominantly thanks to the Netflix series Queen's Gambit, as well as the rise of chess streamers and chess competitions on Twitch that ...

Thanks to the pandemic and hit Netflix show The Queen’s Gambit, interest in virtual chess has spiked. More Americans now play chess than tennis and golf combined, and most of that is online. In the ...

Danny Rensch helped transform Chess.com from an online playing platform into a media, subscription and creator economy ...

Chess has enjoyed a sharp rise in popularity in the 2020s. The spike began during COVID lockdowns and increased when Chess.com created its first PogChamps tournament on Twitch in 2020, which proved ...

Board games cover a lot of ground; they can be as simple as checkers, or as complex as Monopoly. They can even revolve around the collection of cards, such as in Magic the Gathering. Ironically, many ...

As a global pandemic continues to determine a new normal, tens of thousands of viewers have been tuning in to watch people play chess on a livestreaming website called Twitch.tv. An American chess ...

Pandemic boredom and a Netflix mini-series, “The Queen’s Gambit,” added to the game’s sudden popularity. But Chess.com was also plotting its own moves. Danny Rensch, left, chief chess officer of Chess ...

Millennium has a range of other options. The M828 ($679) gives you a 40-cm or 15.75-inch electronic board and chess computer ...

Chess, as a board game, is one of the most challenging and complex activities you can do in your free time or if you feel like having a duel with one of your colleagues or college mates. Fortunately, ...