Is The Chess (Twitch) Boom Over? Looking at Data From Chess.com - Part II
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I posted my last newsletter on r/chess and it got a fair share of views (125.000+). It also led to some discussions about whether I was Lichess-biased. Here is one view: "I think if you’re inside the chess social-media bubble with its pretty extreme lichess bias, it’s easy to assume that lichess is online chess, or close enough to be a sufficient representation of the state of online chess, and that Chess.com is only used by titled players who get paid for it, and by newcomers who haven’t yet been taught any better.
Is The Chess (Twitch) Boom Over? Looking at Data From Chess.com - Part II
Is The Chess (Twitch) Boom Over? Looking at…
Is The Chess (Twitch) Boom Over? Looking at Data From Chess.com - Part II
I posted my last newsletter on r/chess and it got a fair share of views (125.000+). It also led to some discussions about whether I was Lichess-biased. Here is one view: "I think if you’re inside the chess social-media bubble with its pretty extreme lichess bias, it’s easy to assume that lichess is online chess, or close enough to be a sufficient representation of the state of online chess, and that Chess.com is only used by titled players who get paid for it, and by newcomers who haven’t yet been taught any better.