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by The Conversation on Tuesday December 29 2020 Image by Annie Spratt on Unsplash By Jennifer Crane, in 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 ...

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 a second series. “Maybe we can just let the a...

Updated December 14, 2020 10:16 p.m. EST By Dylan Loeb McClain, New York Times Actress Beth Behrs has a new obsession — chess — and the Netflix series “The Queen’s Gambit” is to blame. Her obsession even got her into trouble on the set of the CBS show “The Neighborhood,” where she plays Gemma Johnson. “They yelled at me at work yesterday because I was hiding my phone under my script,” she said. “I should have been acting and I was playing on Chess.com.” Behrs is hardly alone in her new passion. “The Queen’s Gambit,” about a troubled chess prodigy named Beth Har...

How The Queen's Gambit is inspiring women to take up chess 11 Dec, 2020 04:00 AM 5 minutes to read The actress Beth Behrs has been obsessed with chess since watching The Queen's Gambit' on Netflix. Photo / Jessica Lehrman, The New York Times The actress Beth Behrs has been obsessed with chess since watching The Queen's Gambit' on Netflix. Photo / Jessica Lehrman, The New York Times New York Times By: Dylan Loeb McClain Fans of the Netflix series, including teenagers and the actress Beth Behrs, are flocking to the game because "women can be rock stars" in chess. Actress Beth Behrs has...