Son Ari, 16 left, and daughter Taleen, 14 right, enjoy a game of chess in their backyard after being turned onto the game by their mother Tamar Sahakian, right, at their Toronto home on Nov. 18, 2020.

The Queen's Gambit has led to a huge interest in chess among people who didn't previously play or were perhaps novices, said McKim. A Fredericton game seller backed up that observation.

Like a well-timed chess attack, The Queen's Gambit arrived at a time when many were discovering, or re-discovering, the game while hunkered down against COVID-19.

The Queen’s Gambit gets it right. “The chess world exploded,” Power says. “Harmon felt so real, people were Googling to see if she existed. Everyone is still going mad about it.

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“The Queen’s Gambit” miniseries in 2020 portrayed the life of a fictional chess prodigy, Beth Harmon, who was continuously underestimated in male-dominated competitions.

The wildly popular video drama series The Queen's Gambit has created a tsunami of interest in the game of chess. And New Brunswick has definitely caught the wave. A beacon of the provincial chess ...