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See more of our trusted coverage when you search. Prefer Newsweek on Google to see more of our trusted coverage when you search. The Queen's Gambit on Netflix is in some ways a show about chess for ...

The seven-episode miniseries follows a young girl who discovers she has an extraordinary talent for the game of chess The Queen's Gambit has taken the spot of number one on Netflix, less than a week ...

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 ...

It’s been a big year for chess. The surging popularity of chess spurred by the success of Netflix’s “The Queen’s Gambit” is now spilling over from retail to websites and streaming services, adding to ...

David Bradley spends most weekends engaged in intense chess matches with his 15-year-old daughter, Zoe. They stare at the board for hours and plot their next moves, consumed by a new shared pastime.

When Ashley Priore was growing up, and playing chess professionally, she noticed the space was often hostile towards women. She set out to change that -- and make the world of chess more inclusive.

A seven-hour drama series about chess players? It might sound more like a punishment at first than a pleasure. But The Queen's Gambit — now streaming on Netflix; I've seen all seven episodes — does ...

The Netflix series The Queen's Gambit follows a chess prodigy named Beth, played Anya Taylor-Joy, from her childhood in an orphanage through her spectacular career in chess. She learns in a basement ...