By Rachel S. Kovacs | February 18, 2021
Those viewers who have enjoyed “The Queen’s Gambit” or reviewed it for others’ pleasure have been captivated with the protagonist’s story, but perhaps more so with the mystique of the chess board that enraptures casual observers and devotees of the game. Evan Rabin would confirm that although the Netflix miniseries is not the primary driver for the growth of his chess business during the pandemic, it has piqued interest in a game that for Evan is his passion and his profession. The attention that the show has garnered prompted Dylan McClain of the New York Times (December 10, 2020) to give Mr. Rabin a nod, and perhaps a slight boost, but that is hardly the full story.