The Queen's Gambit (novel)
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The Queen's Gambit is a 1983 American novel by Walter Tevis, exploring the life of fictional female chess prodigy Beth Harmon. A bildungsroman, or coming-of-age story, it covers themes of adoption, fe
First edition, featuring cover art by Will Barnet
The Queen's Gambit is a 2020 American coming-of-age period drama television miniseries based on the 1983 eponymous novel by Walter Tevis. The title refers to the "Queen's Gambit", a chess opening. The
The Queen's Gambit (novel)
…A bildungsroman, or coming-of-age story, it covers themes of adoption, feminism, chess, drug addiction and alcoholism. The book was adapted for the 2020 Netflix miniseries, The Queen's Gambit. The novel's epigraph is "The Long-Legged Fly" by W. B. Yeats. This poem highlights one of the novel's main concerns: the inner workings of genius in…
The interior of the Spandau Rathaus stood in for a hotel in Cincinnati, Ohio
The exterior of Schloss Schulzendorf in Berlin was used for the orphanage
Anya Taylor-Joy's performance as Beth Harmon garnered widespread critical acclaim and earned her a nomination for the Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actress in a Limited Series or Movie.