The Straits Times

Sacrifices, slumps and success: The rise of Singapore’s youngest chess grandmaster

SINGAPORE – Mr Siddharth Jagadeesh’s chess career began at age six with a question to his father. “What is so special about that game? You are watching it all the time,” he asked his father, Mr ...
Deadline.com

‘Queen At Sea’ Clip: Juliette Binoche & Tom Courtenay Star In Drama Exploring Ageing, Alzheimer’s & Elder Abuse

EXCLUSIVE: U.S. director Lance Hammer returns to the Berlin Film Festival with his first film in 18 years, Queen At Sea, playing in competition, and Deadline can reveal a first clip. The drama ...
The Straits Times

Sreekarthika Velmurugan crowned Singapore’s new chess queen

Sreekarthika Velmurugan, 13, won the Singapore National Women's Chess Championship, dethroning 10-time consecutive champion Gong Qianyun, and placed third in the Open category. She aims to become a ...
Decider

‘Queen of Chess’ Documentary on Netflix: Where Is Judit Polgár Now?

Discover What’s Streaming On: If you loved The Queen’s Gambit, then you are definitely going to want to watch The Queen of Chess on Netflix, a new documentary that began streaming today that profiles ...
Mint

Two new books look inside the minds of India’s chess prodigies

In sports writing, “talent” is a frequently used term. Its usage is also fairly ambiguous. Anyone who plays a sport at a competitive level or plays music professionally, for example, would presumably ...
The New York Times

Chess With an Extra Dash of Excitement: A Female Star’s Story

Framed as a sports tale, “Queen of Chess,” directed by Rory Kennedy, recounts the life of Judit Polgar, who battled sexism as much as rival players. By Alissa Wilkinson When you purchase a ticket for ...
Yahoo

Where Is Judit Polgár Now? How the ‘Queen of Chess’ Became the Youngest Grandmaster and Changed Chess Forever

"Hearst Magazines and Yahoo may earn commission or revenue on some items through these links." Netflix’s smash 2020 miniseries The Queen’s Gambit told a fictional tale of how Beth Harmon, a chess ...
The Forward

Netflix’s ‘Queen of Chess’ tracks the rise of Judit Polgar — but leaves her Jewishness out of it

Watching Queen of Chess, Rory Kennedy’s Netflix documentary about the top-ranked woman chess player and her long contest with world champion Garry Kasparov, I was reminded — of all things — of ...
collider

'Queen of Chess' Review: Netflix's Fascinating New Documentary Is 'Queen’s Gambit' Meets 'Battle of the Sexes'

Taylor Gates is an Indiana native who earned her BFA in Creative Writing from the University of Evansville. She fell in love with entertainment by watching shows about chaotic families like Full House ...
Los Angeles Times

Sundance 2026: Rory Kennedy and Judit Polgár with ’Queen of Chess’

Rory Kennedy, Judit Polgár and Mark Bailey talk about their film, “Queen of Chess” at the L.A. Times Studio @ Sundance Film Festival presented by Chase Sapphire Reserve. Joshua Rothkopf is film editor ...
Moviefone

Queen of Chess (2026) - Where to Watch

Ready to watch 'Queen of Chess' tonight? Here are some helpful extras before you press play about the documentary flick. Queen of Chess starring Judit Polgar has a Not Rated rating, a runtime of about ...