Chess has exploded in popularity since the Covid days, and the boom continues. I'm a fair-to-middling player, no more than that -- I'd say I like chess but I don't love it, and Caissa is a jealous mistress.

There's a certain cultural fascination with chess, everyone in the West used to know Fischer, and now
The Queen's Gambit's protagonist shares the spotlight with King Magnus...
It won't be easy to explain to an extraterrestrial visiting the Earth why such a seemingly cold and logical game involves so many emotions!

It's interesting to consider the effects of chess engines on the game in the light of the another -- AI -- boom.
Do you like it?