"Chess: Beth Harmon and Magnus Carlsen triggers for an unlikely boom"

@Duchess64 - These demographics are not going to entice many American corporate sponsors,
which would prefer to build a media narrative around a telegenic
white (but not Georgian) or black champion.
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So...?

Chess will not become popular because of some NetFlix TV show.

@Duchess64 - One's 'race' or ethnicity should not make a difference to corporate sponsors.

Where'd that come from?

In the case of most cooperate types, bottom line counts most heavily. This philosophical approach, maybe not so much

@Duchess64
Unless another Bobby Fischer shows up. If he or she defeated Magnus, it would be seen in some kind of political gamesmanship and so would get a lot of attention.

Maybe Wesley So?

@Duchess64 - So Earl of Trumps believes that if a corporate sponsor can appeal to prejudice, it should do so, right?

it's not what I believe that matters, it's the cooperates call. stop putting words in my mouth,

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@cheesemaster said
True.

Maybe they crave another champion because Bobby made them look bad when he ran away from Karpov 🤔

I prefer less attention on chess.

@mghrn55 said
You planning on buying a subscription ?
Or are you going to wait till your next user code ?

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