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   Is the Queen's Gambit a true story?

   • For more ways to live your best life plus all things Oprah, sign up for our newsletter! Elena Nicolaou is the former culture editor at Oprah Daily. The Queen's Gambit is not a true story, and Beth Harmon is fictional—but she's inspired by real life people, including Bobby Fischer and author Walter Tevis.

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   Is the Queen's Gambit a good chess series?

   • The series highlights the importance of mentorship in chess and offers a realistic portrayal of strategic gameplay. The Queen’s Gambit wasn’t only one of the most acclaimed Netflix miniseries of all time. The gripping story of troubled chess prodigy Beth Harmon ( Anya Taylor-Joy) reignited a worldwide interest in chess.

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   Is the Queen's Gambit worth watching on Netflix?

   • The Queen’s Gambit wasn’t only one of the most acclaimed Netflix miniseries of all time. The gripping story of troubled chess prodigy Beth Harmon ( Anya Taylor-Joy) reignited a worldwide interest in chess. The sale of chess sets increased by over 85% in the month after the show's release, and chess books sold at over six times the normal rate.

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   Who inspired Tevis to write the Queen's Gambit?

   • In the acknowledgements of The Queen's Gambit, Tevis wrote that he was inspired by Grandmasters Robert Fischer, Boris Spassky, and Anatoly Karpov, all of whom were active in the chess scene in the '60s, when writing the novel. Notably, those figures don't appear in the book or t he show—because they're incorporated into the fictional characters.

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   Feb 22, 2021 · Is The Queen's Gambit based on a true story? The story itself is fictional and drawn from the 1983 coming-of-age novel of the same name by Walter Tevis, who died in August of 1984. Put...

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   Nov 23, 2020 · The Queen's Gambit is not a true story, and Beth Harmon is fictional—but she's inspired by real life people, including Bobby Fischer and author Walter Tevis.

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   Oct 23, 2020 · But that doesn’t mean that everything you see on the series is entirely imaginary. What's real in the world of The Queen's Gambit? We found out. Beth Harmon is a fictional...

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    Feb 25, 2021 · If you're wondering, Is The Queen's Gambit based on a true story?, we have the answer. Here's what inspired The Queen's Gambit on Netflix, and the book it's based on and the real story of Beth...