Search results
People also ask
What happens in 'exchanges' season 1 Episode 2 of 'the Queen's Gambit'?
What happens in the Queen's Gambit episode 2?
Is the Queen's Gambit Declined a good defense?
Does Beth play chess?
Oct 23, 2020 · Exchanges: Directed by Scott Frank. With Anya Taylor-Joy, Bill Camp, Marielle Heller, Moses Ingram. Suddenly plunged into a confusing new life in suburbia, teenage Beth studies her high school classmates and hatches a plan to enter a chess tournament.
- (12K)
- Drama
- Scott Frank
- 2020-10-23
- Overview
- Synopsis
- Plot
- Trivia
"Exchanges" is the second episode of The Queen's Gambit. Along with the rest of the series, it was released on Netflix on October 23, 2020.
Suddenly plunged into a confusing new life in suburbia, teenage Beth studies her high school classmates and hatches a plan to enter a chess tournament.
After overdosing on tranquilizers, Beth was barred from playing chess as punishment, although she continues to play and study the game in her head at night, using Mr. Shaibel's book. She begs Mr. Shaibel to help, but he does not respond.
Time skips forward, Beth is now 15 years old and best friends with Jolene. At last, some prospective parents come to adopt Beth, Alma and Allston Wheatley, so Mrs. Deardorff lies about Beth being 13 and sings praises of her academic excellence to encourage the parents to finalize the adoption. Beth and Deardorff succeed, but while packing, Beth is unable to find her Modern Chess Openings book from Mr. Shaibel. Beth (correctly) suspects Jolene of stealing it, but has no evidence and realizes that Jolene is despondent about not being adopted herself, so she drops it to comfort Jolene.
Beth stays silent during the drive to her new home and is overwhelmed by the size of her garish pink room when she arrives. Meanwhile, Allston leaves on a two week business trip, leaving Alma without a car reasoning her to be "a terrible driver anyway" and her needing exercise. Alma herself wanted to be a pianist in her youth, and had a child of her own that died.
On Beth's first day at a public high school, she's overwhelmed by everyone, and is immediately fingered as "another fucking brain" by Margaret Neil because Beth correctly answered a trivial math question concerning binomials. At lunch Beth sits alone until another lone girl sits nearby. Beth inquiries if there's a chess club at the school. Lacking a chess club, the girl shares that there are invite-only "social" clubs, like Apple Pi.
Back at home, Alma welcomes Allston back from his trip with dinner, but he only cares about beer. At his biting remark about Beth's singular dress, Alma takes her to get discount clothes. Beth expresses interest in chess sets for sale, Alma hurriedly moves them along, saying she'll give Beth an allowance so she can "save up and buy yourself a chess set." At school, her discount attire is mocked by the Apple Pis, and although she manages to find some chess books at the local library, she also stumbles upon Margaret passionately kissing someone. Margaret spots Beth spying behind the bookshelves, and insults her shoes before continuing.
Alma has Beth pick up cigarettes for her and she uses the opportunity to steal a chess magazine (which the clerk noticed, but says nothing). At home, Alma complains of money issues and rescinds Beth's allowance. Beth has the idea to get a job so she can pay the entry fee to a chess tournament. Alma refuses, saying only "colored" people her age work, so Beth sends a letter to Mr. Shaibel asking for $5, promising to pay him back $10 if she wins any prize. Later, Beth fills Alma's prescription for her, and is stunned to discover that Alma is taking the exact same tranquilizer medicine that she herself took years ago at Methuen. Naturally, she filches some and once again hallucinates playing chess on the ceiling above her bed.
•The title refers to capturing pieces with different costs.
•This episode shows Beth's first period.
Oct 23, 2020 · “Exchanges” shows a teenage Beth (played by Anya Taylor-Joy) with Jolene at the orphanage. A couple is interested in adopting her — Helen Deardorff lists her achievements to the couple. After a meeting with the parents, she is asked to pack — Beth is officially adopted.
The Exchange Variation is a popular way for White to meet the Queen's Gambit Declined. White fixes the pawn structure at an early stage and often prepares the minority attack. This course also examines the active Tarrasch Defense and the solid Semi-Tarrasch.
The Queen's Gambit Declined (or QGD) is a chess opening in which Black declines a pawn offered by White in the Queen's Gambit : 1. d4 d5. 2. c4 e6. This is known as the Orthodox Line of the Queen's Gambit Declined. [1] .
I admire the serialisation the Queen's Gambit is showing. This episodes deftly moves Beth from zero parents, to two parents, to one, and from basement games to a state tournament. The chess tournament is exciting stuff - even if we can't see the moves, the atmosphere make it worth.
“Exchanges” is showing a part of Beth’s life where she didn’t compete inchess tournaments, but learned and mastered chess moves until shebecomes a teenager. A family adopts Beth Beth and Jolene, both teenagers, discuss at the orphanage.
