Episode 1305
The Queen's Gambit (miniseries)
Sat, 2020-Nov-28 01:46 UTC
Length - 1:53
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With 179,000 views on Friday, 27 November 2020 our article of the day is The Queen's Gambit (miniseries).
The Queen's Gambit is an American coming-of-age period drama miniseries based on Walter Tevis's 1983 novel of the same name, created for Netflix by Scott Frank and Allan Scott and written and directed by the former. Beginning mid-1950s and proceeding into the 1960s, the story is about an orphaned chess prodigy on her rise to becoming the world's greatest chess player while struggling with emotional problems and drug and alcohol dependency.
The Queen's Gambit was released on October 23, 2020. After four weeks of viewing it has become Netflix's most-watched scripted limited miniseries. It has received critical acclaim for Anya Taylor-Joy's performance as Beth Harmon as well as for the cinematography and production values. It has also received a positive response from the chess community, and is credited with spurring a resurgence of public interest in the game.
This recording reflects the Wikipedia text as of 01:46 UTC on Saturday, 28 November 2020.
For the full current version of the article, see The Queen's Gambit (miniseries) on Wikipedia.
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