The fascinating history of chess, from attempts to ban the game to the rise of supercomputers
The fascinating history of chess, from attempts to ban the game to the rise of supercomputers
Melissa WileyDec 17, 2020, 21:30 IST
Chess prodigy Beth Harmon, played by actress Anya Taylor-Joy, reads a chess pamphlet in Netflix s miniseries The Queen Gambit. Netflix
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chess around the globe.
The series follows the life of fictional chess prodigy Beth Harmon (Anya Taylor-Joy) in the 1960s.
The modern-day version of chess played in the show traces its origins back thousands of years and has a fascinating
history.
Chess is an entire world of just 64 squares, chess prodigy Beth Harmon says in The Queen s Gambit.