The Dojo (GM Jesse Kraai, IM David Pruess, IM Kostya Kavutskiy) discuss the recent chess boom and the reasons for it. Chess.com article: https://www.chess.com/blog/CHESScom/chess-is-booming-and-our-servers-are-struggling 0:00 Intro02:48 Kostya On The Chess Boom08:19 David On The Chess Boom17:50 Jesse On The Chess Boom24:43 The Approachability of Chess31:36 Youth In Chess38:55 Mittens43:16 Chess.com buying Play Magnus Interested in improving? Welcome to the Dojo! A structured plan to hold yourself accountable to and a group to do it with. - https://chessdojo.shop/training Want to support the channel? Donate here - https://streamlabs.com/chessdojolive Follow ChessDojo here:Website: https://chessdojo.shopTwitch: https://twitch.tv/chessdojoliveDiscord: https://discord.gg/sUUh8HDTwitter: https://twitter.com/chess_dojoPatreon: https://patreon.com/chessdojoInstagram: https://www.instagram.com/chess_dojo/Podcast: https://chessdojotalks.podbean.com/