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Sport & Competition influenced The Queen's Gambit
Added by Media Influence Map · 5 October 2026
- Chess
The evidence
Walter Tevis, himself a keen tournament player, built the novel on the world of competitive chess, its openings, tournaments and Soviet dominance, and wrote the games with the precision of someone who played them.
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