In a detailed article, SVD’s Nina Morby examines what has made chess so popular, why the game is here to stay, and what has contributed to its renewed global spread.
A bit into the article, Nina writes: “When e-sports declined, chess flourished. Joel Ighe is right in his skepticism about chess only becoming cool now: it may not have received an unprecedented boost in status, rather, it has become cool again. From the earliest origins of the game in India around the 6th century, chess has almost always played a role in the social life of humans.”
Read GP’s article here.