How Netflix's The Queen's Gambit is Making Chess Cool Again

This mini-series, based on the novel of the same name by Walter Tevis, has proved a hit since it landed on Netflix on October 23. So much so that growing numbers of people are trying out the game on their cell phones, maybe in the hope of reaching the same level of expertise as the show's chess prodigy, Beth Harmon.

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