Beth sitting alone after Hellstrom storms away in "The Queen's Gambit." Netflix The build-up to the Luchenko match showed how all of Beth's other male opponents either underestimated her, grew ...

Clothing in "The Queen's Gambit" represents more than iconic '60s attire. It symbolizes everything from chessboards to independence for Beth Harmon.

The inspiration for the moves of the final games in The Queen's Gambit was drawn from a specific match between Vassily Ivanchuk and Patrick Wolff at the 1993 Biel Interzonal. Beth chooses to open ...

So no, Elizabeth Harmon isn't based on a real orphaned chess prodigy from the '50s and '60s. ... Mrs. Wheatley doesn't show up to Beth's match with Borgov.

When Fischer won, Spassky joined the audience in applauding him - exactly as Borgov did in his final match with Beth Harmon. Scott Frank/Netflix, 2020 That contest was the peak of Spassky’s career.

One of the hallmarks of Netflix's surprisingly sexy limited series "The Queen's Gambit" are the chemistry-laden matches that chess prodigy Beth Harmon ("Emma" star Anya Taylor-Joy) plays against a ...

Anya Taylor-Joy's The Queen's Gambit character, Beth Harmon, is inspired by Audrey Hepburn in the '50s and '60s. See the outfit comparisons here.

Beth loses the match, and after her loss she returns home and falls back into her addiction. Some fans of the show think Cleo sabotaged Beth. ... which she must know Harmon has a problem with, ...

Beth Harmon’s story in The Queen’s Gambit is fantastic. But the real-life tale of Fischer is every bit as colourful and the legacy of his brilliant yet brief career half a century ago still ...

Based on the novel by Walter Tevis, "Queen's" (streaming now, ★★★½ out of four) follows the rise of fictional chess prodigy Beth Harmon (a stunning Anya Taylor-Joy), a Kentucky orphan in ...

A version of this story about “The Queen’s Gambit” first appeared in the December issue of TheWrap magazine.Beth Harmon, the chess prodigy played by Anya Taylor-Joy in Netflix’s breakout ...