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It is good for chess economy as a whole. By that I mean people who make income by playing tournaments, authoring chess books, making lessons etc. More eyeballs
by nafey 6y ago
It is good for chess economy as a whole. By that I mean people who make income by playing tournaments, authoring chess books, making lessons etc. More eyeballs means more money.
- krick 6y agoWell, I said, that it is good for a subset of those who make money on it. I didn't bother to mention the obvious, that "whoever else manages to catch a ride on the hype train" isn't restricted to those I named. But don't mistake it with "chess economy as a whole". Major chess tournaments, for instance, are quite specific thing, it won't really notice these new 40k Hikaru's viewers, as money source is different. And professional full-format chess won't ever be popular thing to watch anyway, it isn't football or even CS:GO, it isn't really watchable even for somewhat good players.