There are chess livestreamers, dating clubs and even chess romance scenes on TV.
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Chess is no longer just an old-school pastime — young men and women are making the game their own.
The big picture: The pandemic, pop culture and a wave of content creators have turned a centuries-old game into a Gen Z phenomenon.
Women content creators are helping chess shake its image as an "old man's game" and bring it into the digital age.
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