{"id":341420,"date":"2021-09-17T16:15:16","date_gmt":"2021-09-17T13:15:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/en.buradabiliyorum.com\/chess-legend-sues-netflix-for-5m-over-queens-gambit\/"},"modified":"2021-09-17T16:15:16","modified_gmt":"2021-09-17T13:15:16","slug":"chess-legend-sues-netflix-for-5m-over-queens-gambit","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/chess-legend-sues-netflix-for-5m-over-queens-gambit\/","title":{"rendered":"#Chess legend sues Netflix for $5M over \u2018Queen\u2019s Gambit\u2019"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>&#8220;<strong>#Chess legend sues Netflix for $5M over \u2018Queen\u2019s Gambit\u2019<\/strong>&#8221;<\/p>\n<div>\n<aside class=\"single__inline-module alignleft\">\n        <\/aside>\n<p>Soviet-era chess legend Nona Gaprindashvili has sued Netflix over \u201cThe Queen\u2019s Gambit\u201d <a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/watch-movies-tv-seriess\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"8\" title=\"Watch Movies &amp; TV Series\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">series<\/a>, alleging defamation and saying that a line in the hit show\u2019s finale was \u201cgrossly sexist and belittling.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe only unusual thing about her, really, is her sex, and even that\u2019s not unique in Russia,\u201d an announcer of a chess tournament in the show\u2019s finale episode says, as the camera pans to a woman watching the match. \u201cThere\u2019s Nona Gaprindashvili, but she\u2019s the female world champion and has never faced men.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The real Gaprindashvili, an 80-year-old woman from the former Soviet republic Georgia, was the first woman to be named a grandmaster, and she did compete against dozens of men throughout her career. <\/p>\n<p>In fact, by 1968, the year the fictional episode was set, Gaprindashvili had \u201ccompeted against at least 59 male chess players (28 of them simultaneously in one <a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/game\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"7\" title=\"Game\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">game<\/a>), including at least ten Grandmasters of that time,\u201d according to a lawsuit filed Thursday in Federal District Court in Los Angeles.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1024\" height=\"682\" src=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/09\/queens-gambit-80.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1024\" alt=\"Nona Gaprindashvili plays chess on December 30, 1964.\" class=\"wp-image-19487650\" srcset=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/09\/queens-gambit-80.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1535 1536w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/09\/queens-gambit-80.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all 1024w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/09\/queens-gambit-80.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=512 512w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\"\/><figcaption>Nona Gaprindashvili was the first woman to be named a grandmaster, and she \u201cdefeated men on the world stage.\u201d<\/figcaption><figcaption><span class=\"credit\">Stanley Sherman\/Daily Express\/Hulton Archive\/Getty Images<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1024\" height=\"682\" src=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/09\/queens-gambit-82.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1024\" alt=\"Anya Taylor-Joy stars in &quot;The Queen's Gambit.&quot;\" class=\"wp-image-19487717\" srcset=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/09\/queens-gambit-82.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1535 1536w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/09\/queens-gambit-82.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all 1024w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/09\/queens-gambit-82.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=512 512w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\"\/><figcaption>Netflix responded to Nona Gaprindashvili\u2019s suit with \u201carrogant refusal to take responsibility for its actions.\u201d<\/figcaption><figcaption><span class=\"credit\">Phil Bray\/Netflix<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Gaprindashvili\u2019s suit says the line was a \u201cdevastating falsehood, undermining and degrading her accomplishments before an audience of many millions.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cNetflix brazenly and deliberately lied about Gaprindashvili\u2019s achievements for the cheap and cynical purpose of \u2018heightening the drama\u2019 by making it <a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/download-scripts-themes-apps\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"9\" title=\"Download Scripts &amp; Themes &amp; Apps\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">app<\/a>ear that its fictional hero had managed to do what no other woman, including Gaprindashvili, had done,\u201d it goes on. <\/p>\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"alignright size-large is-resized\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/09\/queens-gambit-81.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=819\" alt=\"Nona Gaprindashvili plays chess against 28 men at once in Dorset, UK, on January 11, 1965.\" class=\"wp-image-19487733\" width=\"378\" height=\"469\" srcset=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/09\/queens-gambit-81.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=750 756w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/09\/queens-gambit-81.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=563 567w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/09\/queens-gambit-81.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=375 378w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/09\/queens-gambit-81.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=188 189w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/09\/queens-gambit-81.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 378px) 100vw, 378px\"\/><figcaption>Nona Gaprindashvili plays chess against 28 men at once in Dorset, UK, on January 11, 1965.<\/figcaption><figcaption><span class=\"credit\">Woods\/Daily Express\/Hulton Archive\/Getty Images<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<p>\u201cThus, in a story that was supposed to inspire women by showing a young woman competing with men at the highest levels of world chess, Netflix humiliated the one real woman trail blazer who had actually faced and defeated men on the world stage in the same era.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The suit seeks at least $5 million in damages for defamation and \u201cfalse light invasion of privacy,\u201d as well as an additional $75,000 for lost business opportunities. <\/p>\n<p>Gaprindashvili, who served multiple times in the Georgian parliament during the Soviet years, also alleged that she \u201cconfronted\u201d Netflix after the series aired and \u201cdemanded a public statement acknowledging the falsity of the statement, an apology, and a retraction.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Netflix responded with \u201cextraordinary hubris,\u201d Gaprindashvili says in her suit, \u201cdismissing [her] assertion of defamation by claiming that the false statement was \u2018innocuous.&#8217;\u201d <\/p>\n<p>\u201cThis arrogant refusal to take responsibility for its actions was shockingly tone-deaf, given the sexism and offensiveness of its lie,\u201d the suit goes on.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe Queen\u2019s Gambit\u201d won two Golden Globes earlier this year and it has garnered 18 Emmy nominations. It was so successful that there are now plans to turn it into a stage musical.<\/p>\n<p>The show is based on the 1983 novel by Walter Tevis, but the book, according to the suit, only said of Gaprindashvili that she has \u201cmet all these Russian Grandmasters many times before.\u201d<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1024\" height=\"682\" src=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/09\/queens-gambit-79-1.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1024\" alt=\"Nona Gaprindashvili (left) is now 80 years old.\" class=\"wp-image-19487731\" srcset=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/09\/queens-gambit-79-1.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1535 1536w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/09\/queens-gambit-79-1.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all 1024w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/09\/queens-gambit-79-1.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=512 512w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\"\/><figcaption>Nona Gaprindashvili (left) is now 80 years old.<\/figcaption><figcaption><span class=\"credit\">VANO SHLAMOV\/AFP via Getty Images<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>\u201cNetflix has only the utmost respect for Ms. Gaprindashvili and her illustrious career, but we believe this claim has no merit and will vigorously defend the case,\u201d Netflix said in a statement.\n                        <\/p><\/div>\n<blockquote><p><strong><span style=\"color: #ff6600;\">If you liked the article, do not forget to share it with your friends. Follow us on\u00a0<span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><a style=\"color: #ff0000;\" href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/publications\/CAAqBwgKMLG0nwswvr63Aw\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\">Google News<\/a><\/span>\u00a0too, click on the star and choose us from your favorites.<\/span><\/strong><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<blockquote>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">For forums sites go to <span style=\"color: #ff9900;\"><a style=\"color: #ff9900;\" href=\"https:\/\/forum.buradabiliyorum.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Forum.BuradaBiliyorum.Com<\/a><\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<blockquote>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>If you want to read more <a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/news\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"2\" title=\"News\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">News<\/a> articles, you can visit our <span style=\"color: #ff9900;\"><a style=\"color: #ff9900;\" href=\"https:\/\/en.buradabiliyorum.com\/news\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">News category.<\/a><\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><span style=\"color: black;\"><a style=\"color: #ff9900;\" href=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/2021\/09\/17\/chess-legend-sues-netflix-for-5m-over-queens-gambit\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Source<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&#8220;#Chess legend sues Netflix for $5M over \u2018Queen\u2019s Gambit\u2019&#8221; Soviet-era chess legend Nona Gaprindashvili has sued Netflix over \u201cThe Queen\u2019s Gambit\u201d series, alleging defamation and saying that a line in the hit show\u2019s finale was \u201cgrossly sexist and belittling.\u201d \u201cThe only unusual thing about her, really, is her sex, and even that\u2019s not unique in&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":341421,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/09\/queens-gambit.jpg?quality=90&strip=all&w=1024","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[70897],"tags":[116093,76133,70446,1377,74400],"class_list":["post-341420","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news","tag-9-17-21","tag-chess","tag-lawsuits","tag-netflix","tag-sexism"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/341420","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=341420"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/341420\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/341421"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=341420"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=341420"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=341420"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}