Chess randomly popping off in popularity

[Sayaka]

Maybe it was always this way but I've recently noticed a lot more people in com who play Chess. Am I schizophrenic or is this actually happening? I feel like Chess.com OGs wouldn't be as popular if it wasn't.

 

[Lk]

Yea it's been a few weeks at least where I live, no clue why tho ahah

 

[Hc]

Chess is popular because its lucrative. Streaming chess was meta on twitch for about 3 months straight last year.

 

[vels]

ah yes the January 2023 chess bloom

 

[kai]

It's because a bunch of redpill nerds watched a few youtube shorts about rich masculine lifestyle.

 

[duke]

I remember the time when queens gambit first came out chess really blew up during quarantine as well