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The International Chess Federation, or FIDE, announced new restrictions on transgender players, including a ban on transgender women in women’s events.

Chess is king When I saw The Queen’s Gambit for the first time, it was obvious that Netflix had struck gold. What I never expected was how the show would lead to a chess explosion.   While Netflix’s focus might merely be to create profitable content, the company is inadvertently sparking trends. The folks at Netflix are becoming the gatekeepers of culture and have somehow made a seemingly boring sport cool.   As a bookseller, it’s not the first time I’ve seen Netflix cause massive stirs in esoteric pop culture which leads to merchandise flying off the shelves. In 2019, the company ...

Spoilers ahead! Updated on 17 January 2021 This piece contains spoilers for the entirety of The Queen's Gambit. A confession: I am quite terrible at chess. I do know the rules, but none of the strategy. None of the game. Nevertheless, inspired by the thrilling chess sequences of The Queen's Gambit, a Netflix mini-series about a young chess prodigy, I booted up the chess program pre-loaded on my laptop, positioned the difficulty slider quite generously to my advantage... and lost a bishop within seconds. I'm not sure how it happened. It was there one mome...

From IQ tests and sperm banks to The Queen's Gambit: A history of gifted children At its extreme, the obsession with identifying gifted children has veered into eugenics Daniel Smith The Queen's Gambit GET THE LATEST NEWS FROM ACROSS THE COUNTY IN YOUR INBOXInvalid EmailSomething went wrong, please try again later. SIGN UP When you subscribe we will use the information you provide to send you these newsletters. Your information will be used in accordance with ourPrivacy Notice. Thank you for subscribingWe have more newslettersShow meSee ourprivacy notice In Netflix hit The Queen’s Gambit, w...

This article was originally published on The Conversation. In Netflix hit "The Queen's Gambit," we see young orphan Beth Harmon discover her talent for competitive chess. During a game played in the orphanage basement, Harmon's chess tutor, the janitor, tells the nine-year-old: "To tell you the truth of it, child, you're astounding" — contrasting her youth and naivety to her seemingly inherent gift. The series ends with Harmon as a young woman, competing in chess competitions at the highest level. The executive producer of the series, William Horberg, has said that they're unlikely to make...