Will there be a Queen's Gambit 2?

Will there be a Queen's Gambit 2?

But alas, the show's novel does not have a sequel, meaning that it would require the show's creators to go off-book to continue the show, a road that has been taken before, for hit-shows like Game of Thrones.

What was the prize money for the 1966 Queen's Gambit?

• In 1966, the U.S. Women’s Championship prize was $600, while the male victor of the U.S. Championship was paid ten times that sum at $6000. To this day, that pay disparity remains unchanged, with male champions continuing to take home ten times the prize money awarded to women.

Why did Borgov retreat in Queen's Gambit?

• Borgov, possibly already feeling threatened he'll lose, probably retreats to consult the other Russian players -- Beth stumbled upon Borgov helping previous world champion Luchenko in the adjournment of their match a day or two before. Do the actors actually play chess?

Which is the most popular Gambit in chess?

• According to The Chess Website, "The Queen's Gambit is probably the most popular gambit and although most gambits are said to be unsound against perfect play the Queen's Gambit is said to be the exception." It's the move Beth uses in her final winning match against Vasily Borgov, the Russian world champion.

Is the book Chess by Walter Tevis true?

• The story itself is fictional and drawn from the 1983 coming-of-age novel of the same name by Walter Tevis, who died in August of 1984. Put plainly, Beth Harmon is not a real chess prodigy.