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After watching the show many fans simply want more! Well, Chess.com has you covered with lessons, player profiles, chess terms, and openings. Here is a collection of content that is directly related to this brilliant show:

For those of you who haven't seen the show yet, The Queen's Gambit was adapted from a 1983 novel written by Walter Tevis. It is a story set in the Cold War-era and is a coming-of-age story that explores the true cost of genius: that of Beth Harmon, a highly-talented female chess player. Here is the Netflix description of the show:

Abandoned and entrusted to a Kentucky orphanage, Beth (played by Isla Johnston in her early years but mostly by Anya Taylor-Joy) discovers an astonishing talent for chess while developing an addiction to tranquilizers provided by the state as a sedative for the children.

Haunted by her personal demons and fueled by a cocktail of narcotics and obsession, she transforms into an impressively skilled and glamorous outcast while determined to conquer the traditional boundaries established in the male-dominated world of competitive chess.

You can read Chess.com's interview with Scott Frank (the writer/director/executive producer of The Queen's Gambit) here or watch Chess.com's interview with Thomas Brodie-Sangster (Benny Watts) here. If you would like to read about the "real-life" Beth Harmon (or at least the chess world's closest equivalent) then this article by FM AndreyTerekhov about Vera Menchik is a great place to start.

As we learned in Chess.com's News Director Peter Doggers' interview with Scott Frank, chess is done right in The Queen's Gambit. They had the legendary world champion GM Garry Kasparov and the famous chess instructor NM Bruce Pandolfini on set to help with all of the chess scenes. They showed the actors how to move pieces properly, how to hit the clock, and also helped with many of the chess references used in the show. Many of these games are real games played by real players.

Here is an excellent lesson series by Chess.com's Jeremy Kane containing many positions from the show. If you'd like to dig even deeper, here is a video lesson by GM Simon Williams on Beth Harmon's top five moves.

Even though the chess in The Queen's Gambit was done extremely well, the keenest eyes have found a few mistakes. Chess.com's October 2020 Blog of the Month (written by Chess.com user Rocky64) found an almost imperceptible mistake during a specific scene. Chess.com's Director of Content NM Sam Copeland has a great blog on some of these slight errors here.

Paul Morphy was the embodiment of romantic attacking chess and the strongest player of the entire 19th century. The American chess genius had a relatively short career, but he convincingly defeated the world's best players at the time and his Opera Game is considered to be one of the most famous games ever played.

GM Mikhail Botvinnik was the sixth world champion and held the title from 1948 through 1963 (with two one-one year exceptions in 1957 and 1960). Widely accepted as one of the strongest players of all time, he also coached three world champions (GMs Kasparov, Anatoly Karpov, and Vladimir Kramnik).

GM Boris Spassky was the 10th world champion (from 1969-1972) and is a chess legend. He was a world championship candidate from 1956-1980 and became a worldwide celebrity during his 1972 World Championship match with the American GM Bobby Fischer.

Nona Gaprindashvili became the Women's World Champion at the age of 20 and held the title for 16 years (from 1962-1978). She was the first woman to be awarded the grandmaster title in history. She is widely accepted as one of the strongest female chess players of all time.

There are many other famous chess players highlighted in The Queen's Gambit including Francois Philidor, Wilhelm Steinitz, Jacques Mieses, GM Reuben Fine, Ernst Grunfeld, GM Wolfgang Uhlmann, Hans Kmoch, Vasily Panov, GM Miguel Najdorf, Vladas Mikenas, GM Jonathan Penrose, and more.

Black accepts the gambit by capturing the c4-pawn with 2... dxc4, and can decline it by playing 2... e6. Here is a short introductory video lesson on the Queen's Gambit for newer players, and here is great video lesson series on the Queen's Gambit Declined for more advanced players by GM Gregory Kaidanov.

The Sicilian Defense is another heavily featured opening. Mr. Shaibel, the janitor, was the first to introduce this opening to Beth in the first episode. It is an aggressive opening that Beth adds to her opening repertoire immediately, and is still the most popular choice to meet 1.e4 today.

The Caro-Kann Defense is another mainstream opening that appears in the miniseries. Beth's friend and opponent in the final round of the 1963 Kentucky State Championship, Harry Beltik, plays this defense against her, and Benny Watts is talking about this opening with a small crowd when Beth first meets him. Unlike the Sicilian Defense, the Caro-Kann is not aggressive and has a very solid reputation. It is reached after the moves 1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5:

Here is a short introductory video lesson on the Caro-Kann Defense and here is a more comprehensive video lesson series for advanced players on the Caro-Kann by GM Sam Shankland. Below you will find another introductory video by IM David Pruess:

This hypermodern opening for White was played by Beth against Mr. Ganz, Duncan High School's chess coach. Unlike the popular openings 1. e4 and 1. d4, the Reti Opening does not begin the game with a pawn move. Instead, it develops a knight to control the center and begins with 1. Nf3:

Shirley Munson, one of Mr. Ganz's students and treasurer of the chess club, asks Beth if she plays the King's Gambit. This dialogue occurs when both girls are on their way to Beth's simul in Duncan High School's chess club. The King's Gambit is a romantic attacking opening and was one of the most popular openings of the 19th century, though it has fallen out of favor in more recent times. It begins with moves 1. e4 e5 2.f4:

Beth mentions that she played "the Marshall" when talking to her mother while playing in the US Open. She is referring to the Marshall Attack, an aggressive and advanced variation for Black in the very popular Ruy Lopez opening. After the moves 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 the Ruy Lopez' starting position is reached:

Elizabeth "Beth" Harmon goes to an orphanage after her mother dies when she is only eight-years-old. She soon develops an obsession with chess after seeing the janitor, Mr. Shaibel, playing it in the basement. She also becomes addicted to tranquilizers that the staff gives to all of the orphans.

Beth takes Russian classes and widens her social circle. She goes to Mexico City to play in an invitational tournament where she faces Grandmaster Borgov for the first time. Beth's mother comes along to meet an old friend.

We hope you enjoyed this article and the miniseries. Keep an eye on this article, as we will be expanding on it as more content is created! Let us know your favorite part of the show in the comments below.

Yes, The Beautiful Game is based on the true story of the Homeless World Cup, an international annual competition for homeless soccer players. That said, even though the Homeless World Cup is a real competition, the characters in The Beautiful Game are all made up, as is the specifics of the competition we see play out in the movie. There has never been a Homeless World Cup hosted in Rome, as happens in the movie. (The 2009 Homeless World Cup was held in Milan, however.)

However, the protagonist Vinny (played by Michael Ward) and his coach/manager, Mal (played by Bill Nighy), are not based on real people. They are characters invented for the movie. The only character based on a real person is the character Gabriella, played by Valeria Golino, who was inspired by Mel Young, the co-founder and president of The Homeless World Cup.

The Homeless World Cup is an annual international soccer tournament, played by players experiencing homelessness, put on by the non-profit organization, the Homeless World Cup Foundation. The first Homeless World Cup was held in 2003 in Graz, Austria, and has been hosted by various countries every year since. (The exception being 2020, 2021, and 2022, due to the COVID-19 pandemic.)

The Bo Cruz NBA story is at the center of Hustle, as he's a talented international basketball prospect, but was the actor who played Cruz an NBA player? Netflix's 2022 original movie stars Adam Sandler as a scout for the Philadelphia 76ers named Stanley Sugerman. While Adam Sandler is a big audience pull as the Hustle main character, Stanley's story completely revolves around the discovery of Bo Cruz and the difficult journey of trying to get him drafted by an NBA team. Even though Hustle is not based on a true story, the movie blurs the lines between what is fiction and what is true thanks to its cast.

A number of NBA stars play themselves in Hustle, including Shaquille O'Neal, Charles Barkley, Dirk Nowitzki, Trae Young, and Luka Dončić, while other NBA players such as Anthony Edwards and Kenny Smith play Hustle original characters. This includes Bo Cruz and though the talented international prospect is not a real NBA player, Hustle's Bo Cruz is played by a real-life professional named Juancho Hernangmez. It is Juancho's first acting role, something that might surprise viewers, and the role makes him a much bigger part of the NBA world.

Born in 1995 in Spain, Juancho Hernangmez began playing professional basketball at the age of 17 when he signed a contract with CB Estudiantes in 2012. Before being the real person behind Bo Cruz, Juancho Hernangmez played on Spain's bronze medal-winning team in the 2013 FIBA Europe Under-18 Championship and the silver medal-winning teams that competed at the European Under-20 Championship in 2014 and 2015. By the end of the 2016 basketball season, Hernangmez won the ACB Best Young Player Award for his play internationally. He declared for the 2016 NBA Draft selection as a result.

Juancho Hernangmez was drafted by the Denver Nuggets in the 2016 NBA Draft, where he was a first-round pick and the 15th selection overall. He was a valuable role player for the team throughout his three-and-a-half seasons with the team, playing in 191 games and starting in 37. After being traded by the Nuggets, Hernangmez had briefer stints with the Minnesota Timberwolves, Boston Celtics, San Antonio Spurs, and Utah Jazz. The most interesting team on that list is the Celtics since that is how the Bo Cruz NBA fictional career started. For the Celtics, he played 18 games but had the least playing time of his career there.

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