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The Queen s Gambit Is Based on the True Story of Several Chess Players Including the Book Author
You ve probably heard of a few of them. Feb 26, 2021
The “Queen’s Gambit” is one of the oldest opening moves recorded in the history of chess, dating back to the fifteenth century. It entails White moving its queen’s pawn to the middle of the board and then sacrificing its adjacent pawn on the next move. The “gambit” is to trade a piece for control of the board’s center. It s a risk with a potentially high reward. Walter Tevis chose the move as the title of his coming-of-age story now adapted into the Netflix series of the same name
How Anya Taylor-Joy Learned to Play Chess on The Queen s Gambit
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From left: Anya Taylor-Joy in The Queen s Gambit, Cate Blanchett in Mrs. America and John Boyega in Small Axe
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Gillian Anderson portrays former British Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher in Netflix s royal drama
The Crown. When series creator Pete Morgan asked Anderson out of the blue if he would want to play Thatcher, she didn t have to think long. Under usual circumstances, with anything in life, you kind of scan your sense of intuition, and I thought, Actually, that makes sense to me. I don t know a huge amount about her, but I feel like I get her on a level and it would be fun a huge stretch but fun.
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Though I’ve never been the most incredible player, I’ve always loved chess. It was a staple in my household growing up my parents owned multiple boards of varying shapes and sizes, from a standard wooden set to a magnetic, foldable board for car rides to a mini plastic one bundled in with other strategy games like checkers and backgammon. I played often with my dad and sister, while also challenging bots online. While I never played competitively through school or a club, I’ve continued to play on a casual basis over the years, challenging friends at bars or sparring in blitz matches with players all over the world India, Romania
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Executive Producer of
The Queen’s Gambit, William Horberg was in conversation with film critic Luke Buckmaster last week as part of the Screen Forever conference.
Amongst the questions he was asked, “How do you make chess come alive on screen?”
“Well, I am going to push back and say, I don’t think it is really about chess,” Horberg said.
“It is about this character, a very, very unique character, Beth Harmon that Walter Tevis created. She is a genius, she is a nerd, she is sexy, she is a killer, she is shy. She was just so fascinating and embodied so many contradictions.
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