![]() , which was already benefitting from a pandemic-powered boost like sourdough bread making, RV vacations, and Animal Crossing, gained 5.3 million members, 30 percent of which are women (an all-time site high), since TQG’s debut. “There are no perfect chess games just as there are no perfect people, and there’s an obscure comfort viewers find in that.”īut more than carving out its place in the pop-culture pantheon, it turned viewers into players…in droves. “What makes chess special, and what makes this show special, are the elements of inner turmoil and highly-stylized imperfection,” says Nick Barton, the director of business development at, a site which offers chess news, lessons and rules, puzzles, socializing, and online gameplay including against Beth-bots. She and the show became cultural phenomena and in the process, breathed massive new life into a 1,500-year-old game. Maybe a good percentage of viewers even figured out the series’ endgame.īut we guarantee no one-not Netflix, not the board game companies, not the World Chess Federation or its real-life champions-could have seen Queen B’s next move coming. Every time she and her strong eyeliner game sit down to a match, it can basically only end one of three ways. After a couple of hours watching Beth Harmon, a troubled orphan turned chess prodigy with addiction issues, rise through the ranks of the Sixties and Seventies pro circuit, it’s safe to assume the show and its brilliant lead Anya Taylor Joy will be regulars come awards season. ![]() It only takes half an episode to know The Queen’s Gambit is TV at its binging best. Products featured are independently selected by our editorial team and we may earn a commission from purchases made from our links the retailer may also receive certain auditable data for accounting purposes. ![]()
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