❐ In 'The Queen's Gambit' and beyond, chess holds up a mirror to life
2020 Dec 08
A young man and woman play chess while two other women look on.
An image of two young lovers playing chess from Alfonso X’s 13th-century ‘Book of Chess, Dice and Tables.’ Charles Knutson
Ever since players tweaked the game to reflect the medieval social order, poets and writers have used chess as an allegory for love, duty, conflict and accomplishment.