Sales of chess sets reportedly have exploded thanks to the hit Netflix show “The Queen’s Gambit,” a series that depicts the rise of a young female prodigy in the 1950s. Toronto-ba… ...

But since the premiere of The Queen Gambit’s, the appetite for all things chess has exploded. ... unit sales of chess sets jumped 87% in the U.S., and chess book sales rose 603%.

In the Netflix series “The Queen’s Gambit,” the character Benny Watts walks up to Beth Harmon, the show’s heroine, at the start of the 1967 United States Chess Championship.

There’s no doubt the Netflix series, "The Queen’s Gambit", made chess cool. The fictional tale of chess phenom Beth Harmon, who was launched on the road to stardom by school janitor Mr ...

A young Beth Harmon learns chess from Mr. Shaibel, her orphanage's janitor, in The Queen's Gambit. Netflix A young girl becomes a chess player. Unlike American Beth Harmon, Berezina grew up in the ...

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The new hit Netflix show "The Queen’s Gambit" follows a young woman’s spectacular rise through the male-dominated world of chess. To discuss the series and its impact, Christiane speaks with ...

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In the three weeks after “The Queen’s Gambit” premiered, unit sales of chess sets jumped 87% in the U.S. and chess book sales rose an eye-popping 603%, according to research firm NPD Group.

Anya Taylor-Joy as Beth Harmon in “The Queen’s Gambit.” An eBay official said the company had recorded a 215 percent increase in chess set and accessory sales since the show debuted in October.