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1. • • Taylor-Joy actually developed her own, more fluid style, as she explained in an interview with Chess Life magazine, which was based on her training as a dancer. In the series, she scoops the pieces up and then softly flips them over. The games portrayed in the series are not just realistic, they are real, based on actual competitions.
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   • 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. But there are a few wrong moves. Beth Harmon (center) observes the action at a chess tournament in a scene from “The Queen’s Gambit” on Netflix; she is played by Anya Taylor-Joy.

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   What is the Queen's Gambit about?

   • At the same time, she struggles to battle her inner demons, falling victim to alcohol and tranquilizers. The Queen’s Gambit (the name of a well-known chess move), taps into the zeitgeist of the time the series is set, the 1960s, from women’s lib to hippie culture and Russia-US relations during the height of the Soviet Union.

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   Oct 23, 2020 · How The Queen’s Gambit Made Chess Believable and Exciting. Cower before Beth Harmon. Photo: Phil Bray/Netflix. Once young orphan Elizabeth Harmon gets in front of a chessboard, her life snaps...

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