CHESS BOARD SALES SOAR AFTER CAMEO ON HIT SERIES

A Spanish chess board maker discovered by chance that its products played a cameo role in hit Netflix series The Queen’s Gambit, and its sales have since soared. “One day I came into work and a colleague, Miguel, told me that Netflix had released a new series The Queen’s Gambit and some Rechapados Ferrer boards appeared in the trailer,” said David Ferrer, 30, shown, who runs Rechapados Ferrer.

The series follows orphaned chess prodigy Beth Harmon (Anya Taylor-joy). A pivotal Moscow scene shows the distinctive Rachapados Ferrer chess board. Viewers have been keen to buy a piece of the action. The company based in La Garriga, near Barcelona, has already doubled its annual orders to 45,000 for 2021 from around 22,000 in 2020.