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Chess Fever is Sweeping the United States

Thanks to the hugely popular Netflix show The Queen’s Gambit chess is gaining in popularity across the country.

Jamaican-American chess grandmaster, author, and commentator Maurice Ashley joins Gayle Guyardo the host of the nationally syndicated health and wellness show Bloom to share how the game of chess is being impacted by the popular Netflix series.

Bloom airs in 40 more markets across the country, with a reach of approximately 36 million households, and in Puerto Rico, U.S. Virgin Islands and Madison, WI.

You can watch Bloom in the Tampa Bay Market weekdays at Noon on WTTA: Spectrum 1006; Frontier 514; DirecTV 38; Dish 38; Comcast 43, and look for Bloom early mornings on WFLA News Channel 8.