The COVID-19 pandemic has put a lot of people’s interests online, whether that’s playing Dungeons & Dragons over Zoom or taking virtual workout classes. But at least one of these interests, online ...

The pandemic has reduced most professional sports to shadows of their former selves. But it's done wonders for one game, maybe the last one you'd ever guess: chess. "A boom is taking place in chess ...

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Viewers are flocking to games during the pandemic, entranced by a charismatic grandmaster and his lightning-fast play. Nearly all of the chess grandmaster Hikaru Nakamura’s 528,000 followers on Twitch ...