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 not-so-random walk through popular topics in markets, finance and economics.
We are in a rare moment when chess is popular in the United States. There are two main factors that cause it. One of these is the popular Netflix show ‘The Queen’s Gambit’. The other is the rise of Twitch streaming, with gamers playing online in front of thousands of fans. In this episode, we talk to Hikaru Nakamura, a popular chess streamer, about the economics of this new chess environment.