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The Queen s Gambit, a 7-part limited series, has become a surprise hit for Netflix.
Netflix specifically calls the show a limited series, which usually means there are only plans for one season. Still, there s precedent for a limited series turning into a traditional series.
High-level chess tournaments, and the personal and professional drama that surrounds a contender s rise to the top might not sound like the most thrilling premise for a TV show, but Netflix s
The Queen s Gambit manages to run with it, bringing those themes and more together to make one of the very best things on television in 2020. With a story that s mostly fiction (based on the book of the same name by Walter Tevis) but somewhat based in reality
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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