Photographer: Vladimir Vyatkin / Sputnik via AP
Photographer: Vladimir Vyatkin / Sputnik via AP
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Hosts Joe Weisenthal and Tracy Alloway take you on a less-than-random tour of important topics in markets, finance and economics.
We are at a rare moment when chess is popular in the United States. There are two major factors that drive it. One is Netflix’s hit show, “The Queen’s Gambit”. The other is the rise of Twitch streaming, with players playing online for thousands of fans. In this episode, we spoke to Hikaru Nakamura, a popular chess streamer, about the economics of this new chess environment.