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Carlsen and So on the brink of semifinals
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Chess is king
When I saw
The Queen’s Gambit for the first time, it was obvious that Netflix had struck gold. What I never expected was how the show would lead to a chess explosion.
While Netflix’s focus might merely be to create profitable content, the company is inadvertently sparking trends. The folks at Netflix are becoming the gatekeepers of culture and have somehow made a seemingly boring sport cool.
As a bookseller, it’s not the first time I’ve seen Netflix cause massive stirs in esoteric pop culture which leads to merchandise flying off the shelves. In 2019, the company brought
Carlsen & Nakamura missing in 2021 Grand Chess Tour field
The Grand Chess Tour will return in 2021, but chess fans will be missing two of the biggest names as both Magnus Carlsen and Hikaru Nakamura declined invitations. The organisers have announced the ten participants and the tour schedule, which includes two classical events and three rapid/blitz events during three months this summer.
Magnus Carlsen and Hikaru Nakamura turned down invitations to join the 2021 Grand Chess Tour as full participants, but could appear as wildcards in one or more events | photo: Lennart Ootes/Grand Chess Tour
In 2020 the tour had to be cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic, but with vaccines being rolled out all over the world, there is some hope that life can go back to normal and over-the-board events can resume. Executive Director Michael Khodarkovsky commented: