Queen of Chess review – how the greatest female player of all time checkmated the sexist establishment
- Posted on February 6, 2026
- By The Guardian
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Queen of Chess review – how the greatest female player of all time checkmated the sexist establishment

She was raised as part of a prodigy-breeding psychological experiment, took on the chess patriarchy and beat her idol Garry Kasparov. So why isn’t there more depth to this documentary?