Queen's Gambit Chess References
Queen's Gambit is the first series I've binge-watched end-to-end in a very long time. Not since Anthony Bourdain's Parts Unknown have I found a series worth investing so much time into. And it's fitting, considering that although I've been playing chess since my father taught me the game as a kid, and I've dabbled in it off and on ever since, it's the now 9-months long COVID-19 social isolation that pushed me into the next level of obsession with chess. What follows is a list of all of the factual chess references I could keep track of while watching this riveting series. I have attempted to omit anything that appeared to me to be fictional references, of which there were many. Episode 1: Openings Scholar's Mate Sicilian defense Levenfish variation Najdorf variation Queen's Gambit Modern Chess Openings (book) Reti opening A simultaneous Episode 2: Exchanges Backward pawns Forks Knight-rook combination My Chess Career (Jose Capablanca's aut
