Socialites are playing chess on "The Real Housewives of New York City."
In 1990, according to the US Chess Federation, only 4% of chess players were women.
Out in the world, chess' resurgence has been accompanied by a wave of new clubs and events.
I made a pilgrimage to the Marshall Chess Club, a 109-year-old institution in Greenwich Village.
The following evening, I went to an East Village bar and found a very different scene at Club Chess.
Persons:
we'd, she'd, I'd, festers, Judit Polgár, Gary Kasparov, —, Juliana Gallin, Jennifer Shahade, Alejandro Ramírez, Ramírez —, Ramírez, Shahade, Levy, Hikaru Nakamura, Rey, Anna Cramling, Miguel Pereira, Cramling, Nakamura, Bill Withers, Frank Marshall, Alexander Luke Bahta —, athleisure, you've, it's, Magnus Carlsen, Hans Niemann, Carlsen, Niemann, Dean Mouhtaropoulos, I've, Kasparov, they're, Vladimir Kramnik, Chess.com, Kramnik, Fabiano Caruana, Dan Timbrell, doesn't
Organizations:
Mechanics ' Institute, Housewives, New, US Chess Federation, FIDE, Washington Post, Marshall Chess Club, Chess, The Guardian, New York, whacking, Computer, YouTube
Locations:
San Francisco, New York City, Berkeley , California, Greenwich Village, hipsters, American, East, Canadian, Romanian, Netherlands, It's, New York, Russian