The new Netflix series, starring Anya Taylor-Joy, puts a self-destructive female player at the center of a male-dominated sport. But how to glean high drama from all that staring? By Alexis Soloski ...

The Queen’s Gambit is centered around chess. So for creator/director Scott Frank, it was important to make every game look and feel as authentic as possible. “They’re always real moves and it’s always ...

Netflix had plenty of surprises in store surrounding their biggest properties during Friday's Geeked Week event. With video games the focus, the streamer took the time to announce a slew of new titles ...

Netflix’s coming chess mobile game, based on its limited series The Queen’s Gambit, re-creates drug-induced ceiling chessboards. It’s the first time since Netflix kicked off its gaming initiative that ...

If watching "The Queen's Gambit" got you itching to learn how to play chess -- you're not alone ... and with our help, you can actually get a crash course on this age ...

The day after Netflix’s ode to fluidity “The Queen’s Gambit” premiered, Google searches for the term “chess” spiked to nearly double what they had been the year prior. There had already been what Levy ...

The year: 2015. The place: Sydney, Australia. Irina Berezina stands at the front of the classroom, facing 25 boarding school boys. They stare back at her. Whisper. Eyebrows jag into frowns. It’s clear ...

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