Soviet chess master Nona Gaprindashvili took issue with a line in Netflix mini series The Queen s Gambit in which a character stated falsely that she had never faced men . Gaprindashvili argued that the line was grossly sexist and belittling.
Nona Gaprindashvili, who rose to prominence as a chess player in the Soviet Union in the 1960s, sued Netflix in federal court in September. She took issue
A request by Netflix to dismiss a lawsuit filed by a Georgian chess master who alleged that she was defamed in an episode of the Emmy winning show The Queen s Gambit, has been refused.