The classic board game chess managed to attract millions of new players over the past couple of years. Games of all kinds have increased in popularity during the pandemic, but none seems to have met with greater success than chess. The numbers are pretty staggering.
The gaming platform chess.com had nearly 30 million members before the pandemic broke out in March, 2020. This grew to 57 million within the span of a single year. The number is currently over 75 million as of November, 2021. The
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