Queens of Chess: "Beth Harmon" and Judit Polgar have a little chat

by ChessBase
1/6/2021 – At the end of the year, Netflix organised a little video chat between Anya Taylor-Joy, who played Beth Harmon, the fictional world's best player, in the Netflix series "The Queen's Gambit", and the real-life best women player in history: Judit Polgar. An interesting talk!

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Anya Taylor-Joy embodied Beth Harmon in the "The Queen's Gambit" and her expressive play is partly responsible for the success of the series. Netflix organised a chat between Anya Taylor-Joy and the real-life "Queen of Chess": Judit Polgar, the first and only female player who made it to the world's top ten.

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