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1. • • According to data from Apptopia, daily U.S. downloads of the top four mobile chess games across the Apple and Google app stores are up 63% since the show debuted. Chess-mania had been building even before The Queen's Gambit. Hours watched of chess on the streaming platform Twitch roughly doubled every month from January until May.
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   • The Queen’s Gambit wasn’t only one of the most acclaimed Netflix miniseries of all time. The gripping story of troubled chess prodigy Beth Harmon ( Anya Taylor-Joy) reignited a worldwide interest in chess. The sale of chess sets increased by over 85% in the month after the show's release, and chess books sold at over six times the normal rate.

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   Does Netflix's 'the Queen's Gambit' depict a woman in chess?

   • Editor’s Note: Seattle resident Karen Schmidt is a longtime chess aficionado and a contributor to Northwest Chess Magazine. Here, she gives her perspective on Netflix’s “The Queen’s Gambit” and its depiction of a woman in the male-dominated world of chess. Recently a chess friend texted me about a new Netflix series, “The Queen’s Gambit.”

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   Is the Queen's Gambit real?

   • COURTESY OF NETFLIX In the new limited series The Queen’s Gambit, the only thing that's real is the chess. Child prodigy Beth Harmon is fictional. The orphanage she went to, the addiction to tranquilizers she develops there—fake. It’s fair to say even the impeccable 1950s and ’60s fashions in Netflix ’s new series are too good to be true.

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   Is the Queen's Gambit a good chess series?

   • The series highlights the importance of mentorship in chess and offers a realistic portrayal of strategic gameplay. The Queen’s Gambit wasn’t only one of the most acclaimed Netflix miniseries of all time. The gripping story of troubled chess prodigy Beth Harmon ( Anya Taylor-Joy) reignited a worldwide interest in chess.

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   Nov 2, 2020 · The streaming platform is at it again with The Queen's Gambit, a show about a fictional chess prodigy whose popularity has many viewers confronting the uncomfortable question: Is chess actually cool? The numbers say yes

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   Feb 11, 2021 · Feb 11, 2021, 10:18 AM | 24. I’m sure that the majority of you reading this have seen or heard of the Netflix miniseries The Queen’s Gambit, released this past October. In fact, this series has become so popular that it became the number one show in 12 countries, including where I live in the United States.

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   Oct 28, 2020 · COURTESY OF NETFLIX. In the new limited series The Queen’s Gambit, the only thing that's real is the chess. Child prodigy Beth Harmon is fictional. The orphanage she went to, the addiction to...

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   Nov 25, 2020 · “The Queen’s Gambit,” Netflix ’s fictional drama about a female chess prodigy, has pulled off an unlikely gambit of its own: It’s prompted one of the biggest surges in the popularity of...

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   Nov 22, 2020 · Nov 22, 2020, 12:58 AM PST. Anya Taylor-Joy stars in in Netflix's 'The Queen's Gambit' Netflix. The release of the global Netflix hit "The Queen's Gambit" was followed by a massive...

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   Nov 24, 2020 · Tech. Chess.com is seeing 100,000 sign-ups a day following the success of Netflix series 'The Queen's Gambit' — and the site is now pitting users against Beth Harmon bots. Grace Dean. Nov...

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    Nov 30, 2020 · Here, she gives her perspective on Netflix’s “The Queen’s Gambit” and its depiction of a woman in the male-dominated world of chess. Recently a chess friend texted me about a new Netflix ...