With The Queen's Gambit being such a rich historical piece, many have wondered if it is based on a true story, and if Beth Harmon is a real person. Anya Taylor-Joy's Beth Harmon may have inspired ...

Vera Menchik, dubbed the "real-life Beth Harmon" by Chess.com ... In 2011, Menchik was the 16th person and first woman to be inducted to the World Chess Hall of Fame in St. Louis, Missouri.

A chess influencer who has more than 215,000 Instagram followers has been hailed as the real ... as Beth Harmon.' 'She really posted two pics of Beth like we wouldn’t notice,' one person ...

But is he based on a real person? With over 62 million streams ... Tevis spoke with The New York Times about the inspiration write Beth Harmon. “In the past, many women have had to hide their ...

Considering the tight focus on the topic of chess and Beth Harmon's life story ... For instance, is Benny Watts from The Queen's Gambit a real person? Unlike Beth, there was a real-life ...

The Queen’s Gambit chronicles the tale of chess prodigy Elizabeth Harmon (Anya ... and as a person. While Borgov offers a draw, as losing is not an option for him, Beth refuses, as a draw ...

Harmon is not a real person. In reality, a woman never won the Chess World Championship (but it would be a huge deal if it did happen). Anya Taylor-Joy as Beth Harmon in "The Queens Gambit." ...

The show’s popularity has prompted many people to ask if its central character, Beth Harmon, is a real person. The answer is, yes and no. In chess, the queen’s gambit is an opening move in a ...

But was The Queen’s Gambit‘s Beth Harmon a real person? And if she wasn’t, is The Queen’s Gambit at least based on a true story? Tragically, nope. Netflix’s The Queen’s Gambit is an ...

The Queen's Gambit follows Beth Harmon, played by Anya Taylor-Joy ... but parts of the story are pulled from his real life experiences playing chess. The author told The New York Times in the ...