Is The Queen's Gambit based on a true story? Discover the real-life inspirations behind Beth Harmon's rise and what's fact ...

ST. LOUIS — Long before The Queen’s Gambit captivated Netflix audiences around the world, it was a 1983 novel written by ...

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Years after her breakthrough with The Queen's Gambit, Anya Taylor-Joy has traded the silent strategy of the chessboard for a ...

Four years ago, “The Queen’s Gambit” — a Netflix miniseries and coming-of-age drama about protagonist and orphan Beth Harmon’s obsession to become the best chess player in the world — shot to ...

The 29-year-old chess grandmaster, who died this month, brought the game into a new streaming era, with sometimes toxic ...

The “queerest anti-imperialist chess club on earth” is using chess to build a community and provide an entry way into radical politics. About a dozen chess players and observers gathered on the patio ...

Over the past year, Beers by the Bay has become a "third place,” not home or work, but a welcoming, social environment.

The significance of Women's World Cup winner Divya Deshmukh playing the FIDE World Cup is not about success, but the pursuit ...

Daniel Naroditsky’s sudden death has shaken a fast-growing online chess community, reviving questions about harassment, ...

Daniel Naroditsky, a top American player with an online following, was found dead in Charlotte, N.C., after talking about ...

A “king’s gambit,” former Sen. Franklin Drilon called it. In chess, it is about conceding an early advantage to protect a ...