Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Chess prodigy Beth Harmon, played by actress Anya Taylor-Joy, reads a chess pamphlet in Netflix's miniseries "The Queen Gambit." ...

Well, it’s official – playing chess is cool again. Ever since the hit Netflix miniseries The Queen’s Gambit aired in late October, countless fans have rediscovered just how awesome the intellectual ...

There aren't many perfect miniseries out there, but this one is flawless from start to finish, thanks in large part to its stunning lead performance.

The Queen's Gambit on Netflix is in some ways a show about chess for those who know nothing about chess. However, for the players of the ancient game, there are plenty of chess references that help ...

"When we were approached, we had a meeting with Scott Frank and post-producer Mick Aniceto and we talked over the idea of the chess pieces," Blasingame said. "We were given the script for episode one.

A judge is upholding a multimillion-dollar lawsuit against Netflix over the portrayal of a real-world female chess standout from the Soviet Union. Netflix; Woods/Daily Express/Hulton Archive/Getty ...

Costume designer Gabriele Binder and series creator Scott Frank explained that much of Beth's sense of fashion is an attempt at imitation, at trying on different personas. The release of “The Queen’s ...

Neither VFX supervisor John Mangia nor VFX producer Arissa Blasingame were chess masters before joining Netflix’s limited series “The Queen’s Gambit,” but they learned about the game once they were ...

Netflix's "The Queen's Gambit" has inspired a surge of interest in chess around the globe. The series follows the life of fictional chess prodigy Beth Harmon (Anya Taylor-Joy) in the 1960s. The modern ...