Chess is taking over the online video game world – and both are changing from this unlikely pairing
- Written by Ilya Brookwell, Assistant Professor of Media and Cultural Studies, University of California, Riverside
Chess is exploding in popularity on the video game streaming site Twitch.tv B. Aa. Sætrenes/Moment Mobile via Getty ImagesAs a global pandemic continues to determine a new normal, tens of thousands of viewers have been tuning in to watch people play chess on a livestreaming website called Twitch.tv. An American chess grandmaster, Hikaru...