Nona Gaprindashvili: Why The World's First Female Chess Grandmaster Sued Netflix

Nona Gaprindashvili: Why The World's First Female Chess Grandmaster Sued Netflix

Nona Gaprindashvili had already made history long before Netflix ever dramatised it in 'The Queen's Gambit'. A trailblazing chess champion who shattered gender barriers in a male-dominated sport, she became a global icon through achievement, not fiction. That is why, decades later, she found herself taking on one of the world’s most powerful entertainment companies In the final episode of The Queen's Gambit premiered in late 2020, a commentator …