The sports promoter set for €8 million float on the London Stock Exchange next month.
Netflix hit ‘The Queen’s Gambit’ has recently popularised chess is to check around for a knight in shining armour for an €8 million buy out after the promotion body’s board decided to float it on the open market.
World Chess controls the FIDE gaming platform, events and competitions, clubs, media, talent, sponsorship and merchandise Chess has recently been given a huge boost in popularity by the sport’s portrayal in the runaway Netflix hit show ‘The Queen’s Gambit’ staring US actress Anna Taylor-Joy.The sport has also been bolstered by the emergence of new talent including maverick bad boyand female players being lauded including Hungarian chess grandmaster Judit Polgár and fellow grandmaster China’s Hou Yifan.
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