When The Queens Gambit became a popular series on Netflix a few years ago, many were surprised at its mass appeal. It was about a young woman playing a methodical and slow moving game, chess, after all.Based on a 1983 novel by Walter Tevis, the series details the journey of a young woman from a struggling orphan to a chess grandmaster. It is fiction but plays like true life. I read the book and watched the series, enjoying them both.
May 2023 Newsletter
May 2023 Newsletter
May 2023 Newsletter
When The Queens Gambit became a popular series on Netflix a few years ago, many were surprised at its mass appeal. It was about a young woman playing a methodical and slow moving game, chess, after all.Based on a 1983 novel by Walter Tevis, the series details the journey of a young woman from a struggling orphan to a chess grandmaster. It is fiction but plays like true life. I read the book and watched the series, enjoying them both.