Everything that works in writer-director Scott Frank’s highly bingeworthy adaptation of The Queen’s Gambit, which is most everything about it, comes from treating Walter Tevis’ 1983 novel just seriously enough.
Set in the 1950s and 1960s, the show has been streaming for a week now, and it’s the sort of sleek, classy escapism that makes the recently announced Netflix price (in the United States) hike seem like no big pandemic deal.
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Summary:
No prior chess expertise required to watch this TV series on chess.
