It was bound to happen: Chess is having a moment.

The Queen’s Gambit, a 1983 novel about an orphan girl who becomes a chess prodigy in her adulthood by Walter Tevis, is now a hit miniseries on Netflix. Chess provides both the setting and the plot of the story, and the writers and directors take the game seriously. Bruce Pandolfini is a legendary chess consultant, and he advised Tevis on the book and then played an even bigger role in crafting the movie.