A huge case in point being the FIDE Chess Olympiad, which was hosted online in 2020 and 2021. The sequence of events also led to speeding up the growth of chess as an esport, Manu states.

The five-time world chess champion was competing in the ‘Magnus vs. The World’ competition – an online chess match which allowed the public to test themselves against arguably the greatest ...

The match marks the third time a chess grandmaster has played against "the world" online. Russian grandmaster Garry Kasparov and Indian grandmaster Viswanathan Anand both won their previous events.