Streaming service Netflix has settled a dispute with the Georgian chess player Nona Gaprindashvili, who sued him after the release of the series " Details of the settlement were not released, according to Deadline..

In the last episode of the series, in which Anya Taylor-Joy played the main role, the commentator’s phrase “there is Nona Gaprindashvili, but she is the world champion among women and has never played with men”. The chess player accused Netflix of sexism, because at that time she played games with 50 men. In addition, Gaprindashvili was offended that she was called a " She sued the service, demanded a retraction from Netflix and payment of five million dollars..

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According to Meduza, Gaprindashvili's lawyers said the terms of the agreement are confidential, but some details will be announced later..

Gaprindashvili sued Netflix last September. Then the lawyers of the chess player noted that she tried to contact the streaming service directly to rectify the situation, but was refused..

The seven-episode series follows Beth Harmon, who began playing chess as a child while in an orphanage for girls..

She has been honing her professional skills over the years, and also struggles with addictions to alcohol and tranquilizers.. Starring Anya Taylor-Joy and Thomas Brodie-Sangster. The series was released on Netflix on October 23, 2020.

The series was advised by Grandmaster Garry Kasparov. For the final game between Bet and Soviet chess player Vasily Borgov, Kasparov chose a real game between Ukrainian chess player Vasily Ivanchuk and American Patrick Wolf.