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First, Benny probably isn’t making as much money as Beth, whether by choice or not. Benny did write a book on chess,...
Yet, that very stability and unconditional love was hindering Beth's overall character development, which was the driving force of the queen's gambit. In...
In The Queen's Gambitepisode 2, "Exchanges," Beth overhears Allston and Alma arguing over him taking the car on a business trip, with him remarking...
Alma struggled with substance abuse in The Queen's Gambit. In addition to taking pills to stabilize her mood — likely because of her...
Tragically, Beth enters her hotel room after loosing against Vasily Borgov, only to discover the reason her mother never showed up at the...
Alma Wheatley's (Marielle Heller) death in The Queen's Gambit was shocking, but not completely unexpected — and was a necessary event for Beth's overall...
After all, chess was immensely popular in the USSR in the 1950s and '60s, when upwards of seven or eight of the...
Surprisingly, he also gave the production some pointers on topics he wasn't initially brought in for. In Episode 4, "The Middle Game," he...
For the original 1983 book of the same name, author Walter Tevis used his own experience and sought out the help of...
Netflix's the Queen's Gambit has proven to be immensely popular, becoming the streaming service's most watched miniseries of all-time. In addition to gripping, novelistic...