Tell us: have you recently taken up chess?

The most popular chess site Chess.com reported that its traffic increased by nearly double in January 2023 from the beginning of December 2022. This spike in interest was even larger than the “chess boom” following the The Queen’s Gambit in 2020.

We would like to hear from people who have taken up chess in recent months. What drew you to the game? What kind of games do play?

We'd like to hear from people around the world who have recently taken up playing chess.

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