Some people discussing cheating and the more boring aspects of chess. Thing is, - chess education is more accessible and is fun af now thanks to folks like Hik

Some people discussing cheating and the more boring aspects of chess. Thing is, - chess education is more accessible and is fun af now thanks to folks like Hikaru and Levy (aka GothamChess). - default games are now rapid 10 minute games or 20 minute games at tops. This makes it as quick as a Fortnite round and the odds of cheating in such rapid games goes down drastically. Couple that with the excellent anti cheat work being done and the game really does stay short and enjoyable. With the game being in popular culture via queens gambit it feels understandable that it is rising amongst younger folks (impossible to have predicted but very much easily explained looking backwards)