The series that sparked the chess craze will not return. After briefly hinting on his Twitter account that there would be a Checkers season 2, Anya Taylor-Joy reported that her account was hacked. “The Queen’s Gambit 2,” announced the post, published on January 30 and deleted after 10 minutes, according to variety.
The actress also posted an update on Instagram saying:
“My Twitter account was hacked. My apologies for the inconvenience. It’s not me.”
There is no season 2 for him Checkers, Then. The Netflix series released in November 2020 was a huge hit on Netflix and reignited the interest in playing chess. According to Netflix figures at the time, 62 million accounts watched the series in the first 28 days of airing, a record for 2020.
The series follows the journey of a young American orphan from Kentucky in the 1950s and then the 1960s, gifted at chess and addicted to tranquilizers. You don’t need to be a chess professional, or know anything about it, to be seduced by this feminist series, directed by a fascinating heroine.
The series, adapted from a novel published in 1983, and signed by Walter Tevis, won eleven Emmy Awards.
Source: BFM TV
