See more of our trusted coverage when you search. Prefer Newsweek on Google to see more of our trusted coverage when you search. The Queen's Gambit on Netflix is in some ways a show about chess for ...

Female chess champions say Netflix series captures the feeling of the male-dominated sport For Jovanka Houska, chess professional and Britain’s reigning women’s champion, the emotion reflected in the ...

When thinking of chess, what normally comes to mind is a pair of players dressed in khakis, glasses, and sweater vests. But if you’ve recently seen Netflix’s The Queen’s Gambit, chess might seem a lot ...

Liam Gaughan is a film and TV writer at Collider. He has been writing film reviews and news coverage for ten years. Between relentlessly adding new titles to his watchlist and attending as many ...

Niki Cross has always loved chess. When they moved to New York a few years ago, they attended a few local chess clubs, but all were “the same old, 98% cis men” environments. Cross wanted to be ...

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 ...

After months of mediation, Netflix settled a lawsuit filed by a Georgian chess grandmaster accusing the streamer of defamation in the critically acclaimed series “The Queen’s Gambit.” Nona ...