In 2020 The Queen's Gambit kicked off a chess revolution, and now it has a game of its own coming to Netflix. Take some lessons from Mr Shaibel, play matches against Borgov or compete against ...

Walter Tevis's novel, The Queen's Gambit, is not just a gripping tale of chess, it delves into the complexities of human ...

Chess The Queen’s Gambit and beyond: A history of how chess became an allegory for society When chess arrived in Europe through Mediterranean trade routes of the 10th century, players altered ...

It would be fair to say chess adapted well to the pandemic. The Queen’s Gambit has obviously caught the imagination of millions of people, whether they had picked up chess during lockdown or not.

In The Queen’s Gambit, Beth is taught the game by the janitor in the basement of her orphanage. My own chess backstory is less emotive: I first learnt how to play about 10 years ago in my early ...

Chess became recognized as a sport, more than just a game, in the 1970s, and "The Queen's Gambit" picks up on many aspects of that transformation.

The Queen's Gambit stages the fictional story of Beth Harmon, an orphaned chess prodigy who rises to stardom and goes toe to toe with a male Soviet world champion in Moscow, in the 1960s.

Chess had already grown more popular this year as people pursue hobbies at home while under siege from the coronavirus pandemic. Then came “The Queen’s Gambit,” and interest skyrocketed.

Chess is the driving force behind Netflix’s The Queen’s Gambit and the show made sure it was depicted as accurately as possible. By Alec Bojalad | November 13, 2020 | | 0 ...

The notion that playing chess makes you smarter goes something like this: chess requires concentration and intelligence, and as mathematics and literacy require the same general skills, then ...