She sets up 25 chess boards, one in front of each boy. Just like she used to do back in the former Soviet Union with her chess coach Lev. She aligns the pieces inside their squares.

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.

As one r/chess user commented: “I love [“The Queen’s Gambit”] — literally have started to teach myself chess since finishing it haha.” ...

Players in Krakow, Poland, play chess this month. The pandemic fueled interest in the game, and “The Queen's Gambit” made its popularity explode. (Beata Zawrzel/NurPhoto/Getty Images) ...

I’m a Chess Expert. Here’s What ‘The Queen’s Gambit’ Gets Right The Netflix show about a female chess prodigy in the 1950s and ’60s is one of the best screen adaptations of the game yet.

While girls discover chess for many reasons, two South Florida women chess masters stand out in the sport’s crowd of mostly men. Chess, which has been around for about 1,500 years, has been a ...

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 ...