Shogi professional Karolina Styczynska pores over a game record, retracing the moves made by one of her Twitch followers as viewers on her channel look on intently.
With the result hanging in the balance, captures, drops and recaptures come one after another in quick succession. It’s a symphony of movement more befitting the Bolshoi Ballet than a virtual shogi board.
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