As the series opens, viewers meet a fatherless 8-year-old who survives a horrific car accident that kills her mom. Portrayed by Isla Johnson, young Beth Harmon winds up in the custody of a church-run ...

Salman Rushdie’s 2017 novel, The Golden House, features a chapter where the author describes the Queen’s Gambit as a rare Queen sacrifice in chess used, amongst other Grandmasters, by Bobby Fischer in ...

The Queen's Gambit on Netflix is in some ways a show about chess for those who know nothing about chess. However, for the players of the ancient game, there are plenty of chess references that help ...

Jennifer Bisset was a senior editor for CNET. She covered film and TV news and reviews. The movie that inspired her to want a career in film is Lost in Translation. She won Best New Journalist in 2019 ...

All the Latest Game Footage and Images from BOT.vinnik Chess: Opening Traps Do you think Queen's Gambit is a TV series, comrade? WRONG! It is a Chess opening! If you don't even know that, you have a ...

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