In The Queen’s Gambit, Beth’s early opponents become her friends, later cheering her on and supporting her in the moments she needs it most.
Based on the novel by US author Walter Tevis, The Queen’s Gambit stars Anya Taylor-Joy as a young chess prodigy in the Fifties and Sixties.
Or at least, we did until The Queen’s Gambit.
One of the most immediate themes in The Queen’s Gambit is the internalisation, or repression, of women’s emotion – whether that involves hysteria, passion, anger or lust.