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Sales for chessboard maker soar thanks to The Queen’s Gambit THE Spanish woodworking company that supplied chess boards for hit Netflix series The Queen’s Gambit is cashing a large cheque after sales rocketed. Rechapados Ferrer, which was founded in the 1950s in La Garriga, Catalunya, noted a slight rise in sales during the first lockdown. However, it was the success of the Netflix miniseries which would do as much for his company as it has for the world of chess. “When the series came out, it all just went crazy and drove sales of chess boards through the roof,” David Ferrer, founder
February 10th February 23rd 2021
Cheque mate
SUCCESS: The Queen’s Gambit has been good news for one Spanish company
of the company, told the Guardian. “In the past two or three
months, we’ve had orders in for 40,000 boards – twice the number we’d make over the entire course of a normal year.” The Queen’s Gambit miniseries, based on the Walter Te(the Secretary’s Estate) – vis novel of the a Roman site dating from same name, has the 1st to the 4th centubeen viewed by ries. over 62 million people and was Support nominated for four categories The restoration of the at the 2020 IGN statue has involved Awards, winthe design and subning Best Drama sequent execution of TV Series of the a support that allows Year. the statue to be The response held in position from the public without damage has been equally to the work, explosive, with minimising Chess.com alone the impact to reporting milthe structure, lions of new usunlike the ers since the seprevious supries was aired. port used. British chess
Venus facelift
THE Venus of Fuengirola is back on display after undergoing an in-depth restoration. The white marble sculpture, depicting a Venus Pudica and measuring 144 by 60 centimetres, has undergone meticulous restoration before its presentation once more to the public. Found in 1979 when building works were underway on the railway line at Los Boliches, Fuengirola’s most emblematic Roman sculpture has returned to the site where it was found, the Finca del Secretario
The Survivors by Jane Harper
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ET in a small town on the coast of Tasmania, this is Jane Harper’s fourth Australian Noir thriller. When the body of a young woman washes ashore at Evelyns Bay, secrets long thought forgotten threaten to resurface. When he was young, Keiran Elliott made one stupid mistake with devastating consequences which changed his life. Keiran’s return to his hometown, which coincides with the discovery of the body, forces him to face his guilt as his past comes back to haunt him. As the investigation proceeds, old mysteries are brought to light involving a sunken ship and a missing girl. Harper has, again, crafted a powerful and wonderfully evocative psychological thriller. €19.50 The Bookshop San Pedro, www.thebookshop.es
champion, David Howell, lauded The Queen’s Gambit for being ‘well choreographed and realistic.’ Despite the resounding success, it was a long haul for writer Scott Frank and producer Allan Scott.
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Scott purchased the screenplay rights for the story from Tevis’ widow in 1992, but for decades broadcasters rejected the idea, saying that no one would be interested in watching chess. On October 28, 2020, just five days after it was aired, The Queen’s Gambit became the most viewed series of the day on Netflix.
Big Screen MALAGA will have the first permanent drive-in cinema in Andalucia, open all year round, and the second largest in Europe. Investor Tamara Istambul and Cristina Porta, promoter of Autocine Madrid Race, have been given the green light by Malaga City Council to begin the construction of the drive-in cinema, with the inauguration expected this summer. The drive-in will be located on 16,000 square metres of land on the Guadalhorce industrial estate, just 15 minutes from Malaga’s city centre, with a planned capacity for 250 vehicles and more than 250 deck chairs in front of the big screen. The project is expected to create more than 100 jobs, with 3000 square metres reserved for food trucks and American-style Diners, in an attempt to recreate “the magic and attractiveness of the typical venues of the 1950s in the US.”