Netflix released "The Queen's Gambit," a series about a chess prodigy's rise from basement chess matches to global acclaim, in late October. Since the show debuted, chess sets have flown off the ...

For a sport that prides itself on logic, chess has spent decades clinging to one of the least logical traditions of all: separating women from men. There are no tackles to absorb, no finish lines to ...

Ashley Lynn Priore has a quick response when I ask her what she thinks of the hit show The Queen’s Gambit. “We were here first!” she says, only half-jokingly. Priore, 21, is the founder, president, ...