Tuesday, 24 Nov 2020 12:01 PM MYT‘The Queen’s Gambit’ follows the life of an orphan chess prodigy, Beth Harmon, played in the series by American-Argentine-British actress Anya Taylor-Joy. ― Picture via Twitter/DiscussingFilm
The report also revealed that Spin Master’s smaller rival Goliath Games also recorded a 1,048 per cent surge. Set during the Cold War era in the 50s and 60s, the story is centred on Harmon, who enters the male-dominated world of competitive chess with a quest to become the world’s greatest player, also while struggling emotionally with drug and alcohol dependency.
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