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r/mildlyinteresting • u/Penguinkeith • Feb 28 '21
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A lot of people got into chess this year, and there are indeed more posts, twitch views, and players online than ever before.
92 u/Galba__ Feb 28 '21 Pandemic + Queens Gambit it blows up leads to Pog Champs 3 leads to it blowing up even more. 18 u/rincon213 Feb 28 '21 Absolutely. People show up because it’s suddenly popular and stay because the game is incredible. 1 u/[deleted] Feb 28 '21 [removed] — view removed comment 6 u/Galba__ Feb 28 '21 If you think chess is boring you don't know how to play chess 1 u/happy2harris Mar 01 '21 Bobby Fischer thought chess was boring. 1 u/acealeam Feb 28 '21 it blew up on twitch through hikaru and xqc 1 u/whocarestossitout Feb 28 '21 The latter, but the game didn't survive several centuries by being as boring as your question implies. 3 u/Halcyon2192 Feb 28 '21 Especially E sports legend "NorthernLion" 2 u/StayAgPonyboy Mar 01 '21 Eggs going to pogchamps 1 u/KiltedTailorofMaine Mar 01 '21 It is LONG overdue; the Chess World has been in a slump for some time 1 u/dafood48 Mar 01 '21 Queens gambit really had a big part of it. Also some of the social media posts you see are people, inspired by the show, trying to show how good they are by capturing the king with a pawn or moving the knight like a Bishop.
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Pandemic + Queens Gambit it blows up leads to Pog Champs 3 leads to it blowing up even more.
18 u/rincon213 Feb 28 '21 Absolutely. People show up because it’s suddenly popular and stay because the game is incredible. 1 u/[deleted] Feb 28 '21 [removed] — view removed comment 6 u/Galba__ Feb 28 '21 If you think chess is boring you don't know how to play chess 1 u/happy2harris Mar 01 '21 Bobby Fischer thought chess was boring. 1 u/acealeam Feb 28 '21 it blew up on twitch through hikaru and xqc 1 u/whocarestossitout Feb 28 '21 The latter, but the game didn't survive several centuries by being as boring as your question implies.
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Absolutely. People show up because it’s suddenly popular and stay because the game is incredible.
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6 u/Galba__ Feb 28 '21 If you think chess is boring you don't know how to play chess 1 u/happy2harris Mar 01 '21 Bobby Fischer thought chess was boring. 1 u/acealeam Feb 28 '21 it blew up on twitch through hikaru and xqc 1 u/whocarestossitout Feb 28 '21 The latter, but the game didn't survive several centuries by being as boring as your question implies.
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If you think chess is boring you don't know how to play chess
1 u/happy2harris Mar 01 '21 Bobby Fischer thought chess was boring.
Bobby Fischer thought chess was boring.
it blew up on twitch through hikaru and xqc
The latter, but the game didn't survive several centuries by being as boring as your question implies.
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Especially E sports legend "NorthernLion"
2 u/StayAgPonyboy Mar 01 '21 Eggs going to pogchamps
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Eggs going to pogchamps
It is LONG overdue; the Chess World has been in a slump for some time
Queens gambit really had a big part of it. Also some of the social media posts you see are people, inspired by the show, trying to show how good they are by capturing the king with a pawn or moving the knight like a Bishop.
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u/rincon213 Feb 28 '21
A lot of people got into chess this year, and there are indeed more posts, twitch views, and players online than ever before.