Rather than focus on the real-life accomplishments of women, The Queen's Gambit is revisionist fiction that re-paints history in a way that appears to favour women. In the series it pretends to be factual - with music, political events and dates being specifically mentioned - yet it is false through and through.

A woman did not win the World Chess Championship title in 1968. A man did.

By pretending it was a woman, the series devalues the accomplishment of the champion and patronises women by suggesting that we can only succeed in fiction.