Netflix sued by former chess champion over sexist remark in 'The Queen's Gambit'

Nona Gaprindashvili is seeking at least USD 5 million in actual damages plus more in punitive damages. She also wants a court order that would remove the statement that she never played against men.  

Washington: Nona Gaprindashvili, one of the top chess players in the world in the 1970s, has filed a defamation suit against Netflix on Thursday over 'The Queen's Gambit'.

According to The Hollywood Reporter, the hit series, based on a 1983 novel, focuses on the rise of fictional chess player Beth Harmon. In the show, Harmon is raised in an orphanage and eventually beats Russia`s finest players in the 1960s in Moscow at the height of the Cold War.

But, according to Gaprindashvili, there's one problem.