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Chess popularity soars thanks to The Queen s Gambit
23 Feb, 2021 08:31 PM
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The Queen s Gambit has led to an increase in people taking up chess. Photo / Supplied
The Queen s Gambit has led to an increase in people taking up chess. Photo / Supplied
By: Donna Fleming
Netflix series The Queen s Gambit has been credited with rekindling wide interest in the game of chess. by Donna Fleming. It s no mean feat creating a TV series about chess that s compelling viewing. Two people eyeballing wooden figures on a board is not exactly a recipe for riveting visual drama.
But the makers of the Netflix series The Queen s Gambit have done such a good job with the story of a chess prodigy with addiction issues that it became the most popular scripted series on the streaming site, and is being credited with reviving interest in the game around the world.
Kiwi chess clubs interest soars following the Queen s Gambit Newshub 21/12/2020 Giles Dexter © Video - Newshub; Image - Getty. Watch: 62 million households worldwide watched the Netflix show the Queen s Gambit in its first month.
Chess is enjoying a surge in popularity it hasn t seen for decades thanks to the twin forces of lockdown and Netflix s most popular mini-series ever: the Queen s Gambit.
Kiwi chess clubs interest soars following the Queen’s Gambit
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The Queen s Gambit and the next big thing in chess
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Greg Bruce goes in search of something interesting about chess. A few weeks ago, like every other magazine writer in the world, I was tasked with finding a story to cash in on the massive success of The Queen s Gambit - the show that s made chess cool again, despite filling the majority of its running time with close-ups of its star resting her chin elegantly on her hands.
My big break arrived in the middle of the annual report by the president of the New Zealand Chess Federation, where I discovered the winner of this year s New Zealand Junior Open (for players up to 20 years old) was 10.
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