Bring ‘The Queen’s Gambit’ Home with One of These Stylish Chess Sets

A textbook tale of an orphaned girl’s unlikely rise to stardom, The Queen’s Gambit would not have initially appeared to be a shoo-in for success among the streaming crowd. But in yet another perfectly fitting unexpected plot twist for 2020, this Cold War–era show about the game of chess beat the odds and rose instantly through the Netflix ranks to become its most-watched scripted limited series to date, with 62 million viewers in its first month. And as a result, the lost art of chess (like many board games this year) is enjoying a serious renaissance—the old-school “game of kings” is now the It pastime. Read on for 20 of the most stylish chess sets around to help you get “on board” with this trend.