However, what the popular weekly chess events have grown into was never ... as someone that’s an outgoing nerdy guy. I vibe with the culture and people.” Sofia Contreras felt compelled to ...

Twitch streamers and YouTubers have racked up millions of followers and ushered in a radical new culture — meme-drenched, rapid-fire, and drama-prone. Chess has never been more popular ...

As the world went indoors and ran out of ways to pass the time, they increasingly turned to the ancient game, in part due to the pop-culture bump from a chess-themed Netflix show. Since February ...

At 24, Kaja Snare didn’t imagine she had a future in chess; she barely played the game. But in 2014, when she was a rookie sports reporter for TV2, Norway’s second-largest broadcast network ...

mean that chess is more prominent in popular culture than has been the case for many years. London’s Global Chess League, where Nakamura spoke with CNN Sport, is aiming to advance the cause even ...

The English Chess Federation (ECF ... The trans debate: a fiercely-fought battleground in the nation’s culture wars Among the new rules is a restriction on trans women participating in Fide ...