COVID, Queen's Gambit, and Average Blitz Rating - Chess Forums

Periodically over the last year I've gone to 's stats page and taken screenshots like these:- - -That picture is for today, April 2, 2021. It shows the number of active blitz players as 12.7 million and the average blitz rating as 849. How this has changed over the last year is interesting because

Why is chess suddenly so popular in 2021? - Quora

How in the world did John M Burke go from 2258 to 2600 FIDE in 2 months according to the chess.com chart? - Quora

Cheating, groupies, big money and drunken brawls: how chess went rock'n'roll, Chess

Cheating, groupies, big money and drunken brawls: how chess went rock'n'roll, Chess

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