The Netflix series “The Soldier” was well received after its release, but the lines in it caused dissatisfaction with real female chess players, and even accused Netflix of defamation in court. Although Netflix hopes to end the case, the court recently approved the case to continue. .
Although Beth Harmon, the protagonist of “The Queen’s Gambit” is a fictional character, one of the lines in the final episode compares her to the real chess queen Nona Gaprindashvili, saying that although Nona is a master of chess, she has never I have played against male chess players to emphasize the protagonist’s power. But the fact that Nona played against at least 59 male chess players in 1968, the year of the episode’s story, many of them masters, doesn’t match the facts.
Nona Gaprindashvili has filed a defamation lawsuit in court, asking Netflix to pay at least $5 million in damages for damage to its reputation and to remove relevant lines from the series. Although Netflix applied to the court to dismiss the case, arguing that the series is fictional and that viewers will not believe it is fact and has a reputational impact on Nona, it was recently dismissed and the case will continue to be considered.
source:NBC
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