Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Chess prodigy Beth Harmon, played by actress Anya Taylor-Joy, reads a chess pamphlet in Netflix's miniseries "The Queen Gambit." ...

Well, it’s official – playing chess is cool again. Ever since the hit Netflix miniseries The Queen’s Gambit aired in late October, countless fans have rediscovered just how awesome the intellectual ...

"When we were approached, we had a meeting with Scott Frank and post-producer Mick Aniceto and we talked over the idea of the chess pieces," Blasingame said. "We were given the script for episode one.

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 ...

Chess uses six types of pieces: 'Pawn', 'Knight', 'Rook', 'Bishop', 'Queen' and 'King'. The names of pieces in Japan follow the names in English, but in fact, the names of pieces are called by words ...

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A judge is upholding a multimillion-dollar lawsuit against Netflix over the portrayal of a real-world female chess standout from the Soviet Union. Netflix; Woods/Daily Express/Hulton Archive/Getty ...

Netflix's "The Queen's Gambit" has inspired a surge of interest in chess around the globe. The series follows the life of fictional chess prodigy Beth Harmon (Anya Taylor-Joy) in the 1960s. The modern ...