A famous chess club in a slum of Uganda's capital that became the focus of the Hollywood movie Queen of Katwe is still ...

The Lyndhurst, New Jersey, resident played chess while she was younger but had lost interest in the game until she saw “The Queen’s Gambit.” Now she plays with her father and friends constantly.

Players in Krakow, Poland, play chess this month. The pandemic fueled interest in the game, and “The Queen's Gambit” made its popularity explode.

David Bradley spends most weekends engaged in intense chess matches with his 15-year-old daughter, Zoe. They stare at the board for hours and plot their next moves, consumed by a new shared pastime.

In "The Queen’s Gambit," chess doubles as a game of life for protagonist Beth Harmon. By Jenny Adams. Published December 26, 2020 2:59PM (EST) ...

In the Netflix series “The Queen’s Gambit,” the character Benny Watts walks up to Beth Harmon, the show’s heroine, at the start of the 1967 United States Chess Championship.

Linda Diaz, who won this year's Tiny Desk Contest at NPR Music, is a chess expert and international chess champion. She sat down to talk with us about the Netflix series The Queen's Gambit.

When thinking of chess, what normally comes to mind is a pair of players dressed in khakis, glasses, and sweater vests. But if you’ve recently seen Netflix’s The Queen’s Gambit, chess might ...

Anya Taylor-Joy as Beth Harmon in “The Queen’s Gambit.” An eBay official said the company had recorded a 215 percent increase in chess set and accessory sales since the show debuted in October.

According to the Port Washington-based NPD Group, sales of chess sets jumped 87% in the United States in the three weeks following "The Queen’s Gambit" debut, and chess book sales rose 603%.

"The Queen’s Gambit is "about chess" the same way "Breaking Bad was "about cooking meth." Do not let that get in your way.

The Lyndhurst, New Jersey, resident played chess while she was younger but had lost interest in the game until she saw “The Queen’s Gambit.” Now she plays with her father and friends constantly.