Spain chessboard maker's sales soar on 'Queen's Gambit' success


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A picture shows chessboards made by Rechapados Ferrer in La Garriga near Barcelona. Photos: AFP

At David Ferrer's factory, workers are busy cutting, trimming and stitching together fine sheets of wood to make chessboards to meet a surge in orders in the wake of the runaway success of the Netflix series, The Queen's Gambit.

Rechapados Ferrer, a small family-run business, is struggling to keep up with demand since its boards appeared in the award-winning miniseries about an orphaned chess prodigy.

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