As the series opens, viewers meet a fatherless 8-year-old who survives a horrific car accident that kills her mom. Portrayed by Isla Johnson, young Beth Harmon winds up in the custody of a church-run ...

Anya became a viral sensation last fall after her starring role in the 1950s era chess drama, which is based on Walter Tevis‘ 1983 book of the same name. In the Netflix series, her orphaned character ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Dr. Robert Pearl covers the people, tech and business of healthcare. The Queen’s Gambit, a seven-part Netflix series, has been the ...

It was the most popular opening for the first three centuries of modern chess. Paul Morphy relied on it heavily during his meteoric rise to world supremacy in the mid-19th century. Bobby Fischer ...

Netflix recently announced that The Queen’s Gambit, its new show about a chess prodigy, is the company’s most popular limited series show to date. What may be more surprising is that chess sets have ...