Former Soviet chess master sues Netflix over 'sexist' line in 'Queen's Gambit.'
The line in question comes in the series finale, when one character contemplates how Harmon has just defeated a male chess master in Moscow:
"Elizabeth Harmon’s not at all an important player by their standards. The only unusual thing about her, really, is her sex. And even that’s not unique in Russia. There’s Nona Gaprindashvili, but she’s the female world champion and has never faced men. My guess is Laev was expecting an easy win, and not at all the 27-move thrashing Beth Harmon just gave him.
"The Queen's Gambit" — released in 2020 and based on a 1983 novel of the same name, about an American woman who overcomes the odds to become a champion in the male-dominated chess world of the '50s and '60s — garnered 18 Emmy nominations for Netflix, including
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