# The Queen's Gambit

5 Hacker News commenters recommended The Queen's Gambit and 0 criticized it, November 2025 to November 2026. It was recommended in 3 of 13 months.

**Verdict:** Netflix miniseries that chess fans praise for getting details right, such as the White Queen starting on a white square, and that won many awards.

## Why people recommend it

- Accurate chess details for fans (1 comments): "QG begins scoring points for chess fans when it remembers stuff like the White Queen starts on a White square" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48877236))
- Won many awards (1 comments): "Beef and The Queen's Gambit won a ton of awards" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48110133))

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## Cite as

Hacker Approved, "The Queen's Gambit", https://hackerapproved.com/p/queen-s-gambit/ (counts from 1,795,640 Hacker News comments, November 2025 to November 2026).