Game of Thrones author George RR Martin has written a lengthy post about his appreciation for Netflix’s hit chess drama, The Queen’s Gambit.
“The memories [of his chess heyday] had faded, but The Queen’s Gambit brought them all back,” Martin said in his blog post.
Martin praised the actors for mastering the moves as well as their lines of dialogue for the series.
Martin became an expert chess player “very briefly” before falling back down the rankings, and once considered devoting himself to chess after graduating university.