Chess, Stress, and Rock & Roll

Falling down the Internet chess rabbit hole

‘Dad, you’re an addict!!’

It began as a classic Covid story: binging Netflix, watching the Queen’s Gambit, and before I knew it, I had three distinct chess apps on my phone, was studying obscure gambits, and lurking on /r/AnarchyChess shaking my head at a missed en passant. The fall was precipitous, eminently fun…