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 ...

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 ...

The prolific teacher and authority on fictional chess came up with over 300 different hypothetical games so that the new Netflix series' action flowed organically. Just like in any other high-level, ...

It felt like the whole world fell in love with chess for a brief spell last year when the Queen's Gambit took over Netflix and living rooms everywhere. While the show's buzz may have subsided by now, ...

The Queen’s Gambit chess opening puts constant pressure on the opponent and was a winning move for character Beth Harmon in the finale of the wildly popular Netflix series. Like any great chess player ...