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The Queen's Gambit follows the life of an orphan chess prodigy, Elizabeth Harmon, during her quest to become an elite chess player while struggling with emotional problems, drugs and alcohol dependency. The title of the series refers to a chess opening of the same name. The story is set in the mid-1950s and 1960s. [6]
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.
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.
Dec 6, 2020 · What's the Queen's Gambit? In chess, a gambit is an opening move in which the player will sacrifice pieces to later gain a positive position.
The Queen's Gambit TV-MA 2020 1 Season Drama Mystery & Thriller TRAILER for The Queen's Gambit: Limited Series Trailer List 96% Avg. Tomatometer 105 Reviews 94% Avg. Audience Score 2,500+...
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96% Tomatometer 105 Reviews. 94% Audience Score 2,500+ Ratings. Set during the Cold War era, orphaned chess prodigy Beth Harmon struggles with addiction in a quest to become the greatest chess ...
A visit from an old friend forces Beth to reckon with her past and rethink her priorities, just in time for the biggest match of her life. 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.
The Queens Gambit follows a young chess prodigys rise from an orphanage to the world stage. But genius comes with a cost. A riveting adaptation of Walter Tevis groundbreaking novel comes to Netflix on October 23rd, starring Anya Taylor-Joy.
Oct 20, 2020 · Writer-director Scott Frank and star Anya Taylor-Joy shine in Netflix's seven-episode 1960s chess miniseries, 'The Queen's Gambit.'
Abandoned and entrusted to a Kentucky orphanage in the late 1950s, Beth Harmon (Taylor-Joy) discovers an astonishing talent for chess while developing an addiction...
Oct 21, 2020 · A young woman wakes up in a disordered Paris hotel room and washes down some pills with minibar booze while racing to dress for a Very Important Game of Chess....
Take a deeper look into how Scott Frank, Anya Taylor-Joy, and the team behind The Queen’s Gambit brough... It’s not about a game, it’s about the cost of genius.
The Queen's Gambit is one of the oldest and most reputable 1.d4 openings for White. Unlike 1.e4 openings, the Queen's Gambit usually evolves into a strategic game rather than an all-out tactical battle. Despite being around for centuries, this opening is still one of the cornerstones of every elite players' repertoire.
Nov 3, 2020 · In the Netflix series “ The Queen’s Gambit ,” the character Benny Watts walks up to Beth Harmon, the show’s heroine, at the start of the 1967 United States Chess Championship. The...
Oct 23, 2020 · “The Queen’s Gambit” has both those hearts, and both are racing. Frank, Taylor-Joy, and company never stop telling both those stories at once, and the result is a fascinating portrait of a young woman fighting to become the person she wants to be, battling for victory and for peace.
The Queen’s Gambit now stands as our biggest scripted limited series ever. The series has captivated 62 million households in its first 28 days.
The Queen's Gambit is a 1983 American novel by Walter Tevis, exploring the life of fictional female chess prodigy Beth Harmon. A bildungsroman , or coming-of-age story, it covers themes of adoption, feminism , chess , drug addiction and alcoholism.
Sep 12, 2023 · Netflix's "The Queen's Gambit" unexpectedly became a huge hit, but will we ever see a Season 2?
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The Queen's Gambit is the chess opening that starts with the moves: [1] 1. d4 d5. 2. c4. It is one of the oldest openings and is still commonly played today.
The Queen's Gambit is a seven part coming-of-age story on Netflix that explores the true cost of genius. Abandoned and entrusted to a Kentucky orphanage in the late 1950s, a young Beth Harmon discovers an astonishing talent for chess while developing an addiction to tranquilizers provided by the state to sedate the children.
Dec 1, 2020 · The core of “The Queen’s Gambit”—a young woman struggling to matter at all becomes a great chess player—might be impossible for her to play. The series copies virtually everything from ...
1 day ago · If anything good came out of the COVID-19 pandemic, it was arguably the increased popularity of chess. Many specialists credit the Netflix series The Queen’s Gambit, which premiered at the height of the COVID-19 lockdown in 2020, with the chess boom. The centuries-old game is even enjoying new popularity with young people, and in the United ...
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『クイーンズ・ギャンビット』（原題: The Queen's Gambit）は、アメリカの配信ドラマである。冷戦期を舞台にチェスの天才少女を描く。 原作は『ハスラー』『地球に落ちてきた男』で知られるウォルター・テヴィスによる『 クイーンズ・ギャンビット （英語版） 』（日本語では新潮社より小澤身 ...
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