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An Entire World of Just 64 Squares - Masterspace. The future of Chess just happened and it is truly astounding!

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 The Masterspace is the brainchild of brilliant entrepreneurs Tarek and Sam Abilama who envisaged a chess playing experience that transforms the online chess paradigm. Tarek took me around the space he created for Chess Club Live on  https://chess.masterspace.io/space/chess-club-live   What I noticed firstly was the feeling I was in an actual chess tournament hall. I was walking around chess tables, a large screen showing live chess streaming event. There were sofas and even a chess bar for chilling out and relaxing. I walked by a huge demo board where lectures and lessons could be given to a seated audience. Tarek has invented a beguiling exotic chess future.  The idea came to Tarek during the pandemic when OTB chess events were suspended and everyone went online to play chess. He found the online chess offering not a good enough so he reimagined the chess playing experience to be a playing hall with tables, sofas, screen, demo board  and players navigating their way around it. The ex