Netflix show ‘The Queen’s Gambit’ sparks huge surge in chess set sales
Netflix series The Queen’s Gambit has prompted a huge surge in the sale of chess sets, eBay has confirmed.The show, based on Walter Tevis’ 1983 novel of the same name, follows the life of an orphan chess prodigy, Beth Harmon, played in the show by Anya Taylor-Joy.eBay has now revealed that the website saw a 273% surge in searches for chess sets over the first 10 days of the show being released on Netflix.Nouman Qureshi, Toys Category Manager at eBay UK, told Metro: “We’re seeing shoppers turn to more traditional forms of entertainment during this second lockdown.“This includes a big uptake in the classic game of chess, which if things continue as they are, we might all be pros at by December 2.”Thomas Brodie-Sangster, who plays chess