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Chess is an amazing game. It has personality and if you know a bit about the game it has infinite depth. Players have playing style. There is a rich history going back hundreds of years.

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Was chess hyped though? The question was not, which things are good and stood the test of time, it's what lived up to hype, and for me it doesn't seem like chess was really ever hyped all that much.

There is something of a resurgance lately since The Queen's Gambit came out on Netflix.

Chess is becoming an e-sport and as the other comments mention there is also the series queens gambit.

Chess is growing in popularity on sites like Twitch and Youtube.

Becoming? Chess was an e-sport before we knew what an e-sport was, with observers dissecting tournament games on rec.games.chess.

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