The Cultural Review

Chess

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A dramatic, spotlight-lit chessboard with subtle digital and AI patterns in the background, representing the resurgence of chess through technology and media.
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Chess's Cultural Resurgence: Netflix Fuels a Digital Renaissance.

Chess.com, an online platform, saw its active users jump from 20 million to over 100 million between 2019 and 2023 (Chess.com), a surge largely attributed to Netflix's “The Queen’s Gambit” and increas

Eleanor Voss·April 15, 2026