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Re:A bit on scaling chess.com's database by ajkjk on Monday January 11, 2021 @04:45PM (#25737730)
yep. From what I've seen: it's because a bunch of chess Twitch and Youtube people have been building up communities + meme-scapes around the game. QG added a bunch of new people who found the online community and got into it -- especially because with the pandemic people have been wandering the internet searching (unintentionally) for new hobbies to get invested in.
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Re:A bit on scaling chess.com's database by zappo2938 on Monday January 11, 2021 @07:22PM (#25740442)
Oh, wow. I didn't think about how it is now also a spectator sport like esports.
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Re:A bit on scaling chess.com's database by dilyevsky on Monday January 11, 2021 @07:24PM (#25740466)
The bongcloud attack changed everything
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Re:A bit on scaling chess.com's database by ajkjk on Monday January 11, 2021 @09:50PM (#25741643)
sounds like a joke but it's really true.

edit: and all of r/anarchychess

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Re:A bit on scaling chess.com's database by kzrdude on Tuesday January 12, 2021 @03:14AM (#25743798)
Chess.com has deals with most of the prominent streamers, too
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