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Fast-and-loose culture of esports is upending once staid world of chess

SusanPolgar

Fast-and-loose culture of esports is upending once staid world of chess https://www.nbcnews.com/tech/video-games/fast-loose-culture-esports-upending-once-staid-world-chess-n1137111

Fast-and-loose culture of esports is upending once staid world of chess
Fast-and-loose culture of esports is upending once staid world of chess

Grandmasters and upstarts are reinventing the game online and in livestreams, becoming its most visible ambassadors and arguably its first entertainers.

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