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The Queen's Gambit is a 1983 American novel by Walter Tevis, exploring the life of fictional female chess prodigy Beth Harmon. A bildungsroman , or coming-of-age story, it covers themes of adoption, feminism , chess , drug addiction and alcoholism.
The Queen's Gambit: Created by Scott Frank, Allan Scott. With Anya Taylor-Joy, Chloe Pirrie, Bill Camp, Marcin Dorocinski. Orphaned at the tender age of nine, prodigious introvert Beth Harmon discovers and masters the game of chess in 1960s USA.
1.d4 d5 2.c4. The Queen's Gambit is one of the oldest and most reputable 1.d4 openings for White. Unlike 1.e4 openings, the Queen's Gambit usually evolves into a strategic game rather than an all-out tactical battle. Despite being around for centuries, this opening is still one of the cornerstones of every elite players' repertoire.
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Oct 20, 2020 · If The Queen’s Gambit sounds a lot like an underdog sports story, complete with bitter rivalries, training montages and inner demons battled, it surely is. The series is based on the novel by ...
Oct 21, 2020 · ‘The Queen’s Gambit,’ Starring a Magnetic Anya Taylor-Joy, Is a Shrewd Study of Genius: TV Review Following the astonishing rise of an unusual chess prodigy, Netflix's new limited series is ...
Oct 21, 2020 · Openings matter a great deal in chess, and “The Queen’s Gambit,” a new Netflix mini-series about a wunderkind of the game, uses its first few minutes for the purposes of misdirection. A ...
