Netflix said The Queen's Gambit is its most-watched limited series of all time, with 62 million members tuning in the first four weeks.Ĭreated by Scott Frank and Allan Scott, and based on Walter Tevis' 1983 novel, The Queen's Gambit follows a young orphan girl Beth Harmon from mid-1950s, as she grows into the world's greatest chess player in the 1960s while struggling with personal problems of her own making or those around her.

And The Queen's Gambit added to that, with claiming they had seen 3.2 million new members as of early December, with 2.5 million coming in the first month.

The game was already growing in popularity thanks to COVID-19, with people forced to spend more time inside their homes. Since the release of The Queen's Gambit in late October on Netflix, interest in chess has skyrocketed.

Still, it's a fun way to fuel your love for the show and the game. The Beth Harmon chess bot selection screen It's not like Beth is a real-life figure whose matches are on the record, and doesn't say if it studied her moves and techniques from the Netflix series. Most of that is a good thing when you're focused on playing chess, but don't expect it to feel like playing against Beth Harmon. Or show up late because she's too drunk and asleep in a bathtub. Nor will she be the impulsive player that The Queen's Gambit keeps calling her. She won't randomly get up in the middle of matches and start walking away. Of course, 's Beth Harmon bots don't have any of Harmon's personality.

The values in the brackets are her chess strength. If you're worried about being unable to keep up with her - Beth Harmon is a world champion after all - has designed seven different Beth Harmons, at various ages and levels of chess proficiency. Would you like to play chess with Beth Harmon? Thanks to a new bot developed by, fans of The Queen's Gambit can now do exactly that.

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