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Netflix

What we do know for sure, however, is that Fortune-Lloyd set at least
one very important goal for his part in The Queen's Gambit: to make
chess sexy. For one thing, when the show premiered, he posted
a photo with Taylor-Joy on Instagram captioned, "Chess was always
sexy, y'all just catching up." And if that wasn't clear-cut enough, his
Instagram bio concludes with, "Bringing sexy back to chess." As the
countless Netflix users who have already binged the entire
mesmerizing series in the first few days since it premiered can surely
attest: Mission accomplished.