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Editor’s Note: Seattle resident Karen Schmidt is a longtime chess aficionado and a contributor to Northwest Chess Magazine. Here, she gives her perspective on Netflix’s “The Queen’s Gambit ...
The games portrayed in the series are not just realistic ... Make sure you know all the right terms. The queen is the most powerful piece in chess. Dive into the history of the game to find ...
The new hit Netflix show “The Queen’s Gambit” follows a ... How much of it, in terms of the actual playing, was realistic to you? JUDIT POLGAR, CHESS GRANDMASTER: Oh, I love the chess ...
The Netflix series The Queen's Gambit follows a chess prodigy named Beth ... So, yeah, I think it's incredibly realistic. I really did relate to that relationship that she had with her coach ...
Since its Netflix debut in October, The Queen’s Gambit has delivered ... from the novel’s narrative, the chess sequences needed to be adapted for a more realistic portrayal. “ ...
There’s no doubt the Netflix series, "The Queen’s Gambit", made chess cool. The fictional tale of chess phenom Beth Harmon, who was launched on the road to stardom by school janitor Mr ...
The history of how the queen became the most powerful piece in chess. By Daniel Naroditsky The queen is known as the most powerful piece on the chess board, so the prospect of sacrificing it ...
Wenjun, the undisputed queen of chess, clinched her historic fifth consecutive World Championship title earlier this year. Having started playing chess at the age of seven, she turned professional in ...
An 11-year-old girl from Colombia is living her American dream, becoming a chess queen on her way to attaining master status despite learning the game just this year. Since arriving in New York ...
So, if you spent much of your time watching the show with a hankering to play some intense games of chess, The Queen’s Gambit video game has you covered. Now, Netflix posed the obvious question ...