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Nov 18, 2020 · Watch the nail-biting final scene and chess match of The Queen's Gambit, starring the inimitable Anya Taylor-Joy as Beth ... And the student becomes the master.
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Beth Harmon (Anya Taylor-Joy) takes things to the next level in The Queen’s Gambit and hits rock bottom. When winning takes everything, what are you left wit...
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Nov 23, 2020 · Just a kween being a kween. 👸🏻 Watch as Beth plays chess against twelve men, simultaneously, and find out what happens. If you can't get enough like us, watch her kill it in The Queen's ...
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The Queen's Gambit: Created by Scott Frank, Allan Scott. With Anya Taylor-Joy, Chloe Pirrie, Bill Camp, Marcin Dorocinski. Orphaned at the tender age of nine, prodigious introvert Beth Harmon discovers and masters the game of chess in 1960s USA. But child stardom comes at a price.
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- 2020-10-23
- Drama
- 60
- Episode 1: Openings
- Episode 2: Exchanges
- Episode 3: Doubled Pawns
- Episode 4: Middle Game
- Episode 5: Fork
- Episode 6: Adjournment
- Episode 7: End Game
- Conclusion
Eight-year-old Beth Harmon goes to an orphanage after her mother dies. She gets obsessed with chess after seeing the janitor, Mr. Shaibel, playing it. She also develops an addiction to tranquilizers the orphanage staff gave to all the kids. Beth's first contact with chess comes after she sees Mr. Shaibel studying the game by himself. Interestingly,...
Beth gets adopted and moves to a suburban house with her new family. While she has a hard time trying to fit with her new social circle, Beth finds a way to participate in the Kentucky State Chess Championship. The first position from this episode comes from Beth's second game of the Kentucky Championship when she's about to mate her opponent. The ...
Beth gains even more recognition after having an outstanding performance in a Cincinnati tournament. Many tournaments and media appearances later, Beth starts aiming at the U.S. Open. The show introduces us to the first chess position of the third episode along with one of its main characters, U.S. champion Benny Watts. He's analyzing a Caro-Kann g...
In the fourth episode, Beth goes to Mexico City to play an invitational tournament. She faces her most challenging opponents yet, including world champion Vasily Borgov. We get to see in detail Beth's second win in Mexico City. Her game is a reconstruction of a game between GM Bobby Fischer and GM Bent Larsenin 1958. Curiously, Beth inverts the ord...
Episode five shows Beth preparing for and playing the U.S. Championship in Ohio, where she again faces Benny Watts. The first position we see is from a scene where Beltik (one of her former opponents) helps Beth prepare for the US Championship. He shows her "one of Alekhine's ideas"—referring to former world champion Alexander Alekhine. At the cham...
Beth trains with Benny in New York and then goes to a tournament in Paris where she will face Borgov again. One of this episode's notable positions comes from a scene where one of Benny's friends, a grandmaster, shows Beth a problem. After looking at it for a few seconds, she blurts out the correct answer. That same night, a better-prepared Beth pr...
Beth goes to Russia to play the biggest tournament of her life and once again try to beat the Russian world champion Borgov. It's in this event that we see the chess queen playing at her absolute best against world-class competitors. Her first game is against Laev and is a reproduction of the GM Veselin Topalovgame against Kasparov in 1995. Oddly, ...
As you can see, there was a lot of thought and care behind the production of "The Queen's Gambit" to make the chess scenes feel authentic. The show succeeded in using chess as a tool to help tell Beth's story, and not only as a prop. I was delighted to see chess gain so much attention, and I truly enjoyed taking a closer look at all those chess pos...
Jul 1, 2020 · The Queen's Gambit: Directed by Lindsey Morgan. With Eliza Taylor, Bob Morley, Marie Avgeropoulos, Lindsey Morgan. Emori tries to heal Sanctum's old familial wounds while Echo, Octavia and Diyoza struggle with new ones.
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In a 1950s orphanage, a young girl reveals an astonishing talent for chess and begins an unlikely journey to stardom while grappling with addiction. Watch trailers & learn more.
