The Queen's Gambit
Shares rank 3 of 5 TV miniseries by recommenders
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.
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.
5 people gave an opinion
- recommend it
- 5
- criticize it
- 0
- approval share
- 100%
Recommended in 3 of 13 months
- November 2025: not recommended
- December 2025: recommended
- January 2026: not recommended
- February 2026: not recommended
- March 2026: not recommended
- April 2026: not recommended
- May 2026: recommended
- June 2026: not recommended
- July 2026: recommended
- August 2026: not recommended
- September 2026: not recommended
- October 2026: not recommended
- November 2026: not recommended (month in progress)
Why it doesn’t carry the badge
- 5 people recommend itNeeds 10 or more, not met.
- Nobody criticizes itNeeds 2 to 1 or better, met.
- Recommended in 3 of 13 monthsNeeds 4 or more, not met.
The same three rules apply to every product, and the badge can’t be bought. How the badge works
What people say about it
The reasons people give, with the number of comments that give each one. Open a reason to read what they said.
Why people recommend it
Each mark is one comment
Accurate chess details for fans
“QG begins scoring points for chess fans when it remembers stuff like the White Queen starts on a White square”
Comment from 12 Jul 2026 in “Doctors die. It's not like the rest of us, but it should be (2016)” Won many awards
“Beef and The Queen's Gambit won a ton of awards”
Comment from 12 May 2026 in “Netflix spent over $135B on film, TV over last decade”
Other TV miniseries people recommend
The four most recommended other TV miniseries, with the same counts for each, so you can compare like for like. The tick on each bar marks the 2 to 1 line the badge needs.
| Product | Recommend | Criticize | Approval | Months | Owned | Badge |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chernobyl HBO miniseries | 23 | 14 | 62% | 7 | — | — |
| Danger UXB | 6 | 0 | 100% | 2 | — | — |
| The Queen's GambitThis page | 5 | 0 | 100% | 3 | — | — |
| Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy 1979 miniseries | 5 | 0 | 100% | 3 | — | — |
| Smiley's People | 5 | 0 | 100% | 2 | — | — |
What people said
3 of the 5 comments that mention it, newest first. Each links to the original comment.
“QG begins scoring points for chess fans when it remembers stuff like the White Queen starts on a White square”
“Beef and The Queen's Gambit won a ton of awards”
“the counterpoint is: House of Cards, Queen's Gambit, Stranger Things”
Counts come from 1,795,640 Hacker News comments, November 2025 to November 2026. How we count. Report a mistake.