Editing Chess (section)

==Online chess==
{{Main|Online chess}}
Online chess is chess played over the internet. This is done through the use of [[List of internet chess platforms|internet chess platforms]], which use [[Elo rating system|Elo ratings]] or similar systems to pair up individual players. Online chess saw a spike in growth during the [[quarantine]]s of the [[COVID-19 pandemic]].<ref name=Ruiter>{{cite web |last1=Ruiter |first1=Chananya De |title=The Queen's Gambit And A Rise In Online Chess Playing |url=https://www.thailandtatler.com/life/queens-gambit-a-new-perspective-on-chess |website=Tatler Thailand |access-date=10 January 2021 |language=en-TH |date=16 November 2020 |archive-date=12 January 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210112150626/https://www.thailandtatler.com/life/queens-gambit-a-new-perspective-on-chess |url-status=live }}</ref><ref name="businessinsider">{{cite web |last1=Jibilian |first1=Isabella |title=Netflix's hit show 'The Queen's Gambit' inspired a chess surge — but now Chess.com is seeing a surge in cheating, too. |url=https://www.businessinsider.com/chess-website-sees-cheating-high-after-netflix-queens-gambit-surge-2020-12 |website=Business Insider |access-date=10 January 2021 |archive-date=12 January 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210112072313/https://www.businessinsider.com/chess-website-sees-cheating-high-after-netflix-queens-gambit-surge-2020-12 |url-status=live }}</ref> This can be attributed to both isolation and the popularity of [[Netflix]] miniseries ''[[The Queen's Gambit (miniseries)|The Queen's Gambit]]'', which was released in October 2020.<ref name=Ruiter/><ref name="businessinsider"/> Chess app downloads on the [[App Store (iOS/iPadOS)|App Store]] and [[Google Play Store]] rose by 63% after the show debuted.<ref name="morningbrew">{{cite web |last1=Howell |first1=Toby |title=Netflix's 'The Queen's Gambit' is Causing a Surge in Online Chess Play |url=https://www.morningbrew.com/daily/stories/2020/11/02/netflixs-queens-gambit-causing-surge-online-chess-play |website=Morning Brew |access-date=10 January 2021 |archive-date=12 January 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210112044420/https://www.morningbrew.com/daily/stories/2020/11/02/netflixs-queens-gambit-causing-surge-online-chess-play |url-status=live }}</ref> [[Chess.com]] saw more than twice as many account registrations in November as it had in previous months, and the number of games played monthly on [[Lichess]] doubled as well. There was also a demographic shift in players, with female registration on Chess.com shifting from 22% to 27% of new players.<ref>{{cite web |last1=Settembre |first1=Jeanette |title=Online chess classes see record interest amid pandemic, and after release of Netflix's 'The Queen's Gambit' |url=https://www.foxnews.com/lifestyle/chess-queens-gambit-boosting-player-interest-pandemic |website=Fox News |access-date=10 January 2021 |date=9 November 2020 |archive-date=12 January 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210112133014/https://www.foxnews.com/lifestyle/chess-queens-gambit-boosting-player-interest-pandemic |url-status=live }}</ref> [[Grandmaster (chess)|GM]] [[Maurice Ashley]] said "A boom is taking place in chess like we have never seen maybe since the Bobby Fischer days", attributing the growth to an increased desire to do something constructive during the pandemic.<ref>{{cite web |last1=Rothman |first1=David |title=Online chess makes its biggest move |url=https://www.cbsnews.com/news/online-chess-makes-its-biggest-move/ |website=www.cbsnews.com |date=November 2020 |access-date=10 January 2021 |language=en |archive-date=12 January 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210112030711/https://www.cbsnews.com/news/online-chess-makes-its-biggest-move/ |url-status=live }}</ref> [[United States Chess Federation|USCF]] Women's Program Director [[Jennifer Shahade]] stated that chess works well on the internet, since pieces do not need to be reset and [[Matchmaking (video games)|matchmaking]] is virtually instant.<ref>{{cite web |last1=Robertson |first1=Noah |title=Online chess is thriving, a calming constant in a chaotic year |url=https://www.csmonitor.com/USA/Society/2020/0820/Online-chess-is-thriving-a-calming-constant-in-a-chaotic-year |website=Christian Science Monitor |access-date=10 January 2021 |date=20 August 2020 |archive-date=11 January 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210111224133/https://www.csmonitor.com/USA/Society/2020/0820/Online-chess-is-thriving-a-calming-constant-in-a-chaotic-year |url-status=live }}</ref>