The Queen's Gambit a Netflix Limited Series, based on the book by Walter Tevis and undoubtedly, one of the greatest successes in Netflix with only 7 episodes. The story follows the origin, on the way to the success, fall and redemption of Beth Harmon, a young chess prodigy in the 1960s era.
In this story we have as a protagonist, Beth (Anya Taylor-Joy) , a small girl who is orphaned after her mother's suicide and is taken to an orphanage, there she knows two great elements that marks her life: chess and drugs. In this orphanage she met Mr. Shaibel (Bill Camp), her mentor and her friend.
The road to be the best chess player is full of difficulties, almost all due to her addiction to drugs and alcohol, taking it to a path of self-destruction where it believes it is good thanks to the drugs and it should be done in a place in a World starring men.
When it is the chess we can think that the series will be boring or of those that you will only understand if you know how to play chess, but neglect, this is not the case. The series catches you from the beginning and once you start, you do not want to stop, in addition, it does not concentrate uniquely and exclusively in chess, we are before the story of a girl something insecure, lonely, full of fears that wants to be the queen of chess.
Despite not being a Knowledgeable person of chess, you can understand exactly what happens, the frustrations of the protagonist and the desire of it to win, making a series that can enjoy both experts and profane in chess.
A very good point is the incredible adaptation of the 1960s and how chess competitions were at that time that makes you see chess not as a boring sport, but as something interesting and even makes you want to learn. History is not the most original, but if it is counted in a different way, it is not the typical story of a child prodigy, it transmits the feelings and competitiveness of chess parties, since that's what the series is about, Success and competitiveness.
It could also be a series where they show that women beat men in chess, but it is not that toxic feminism, here we can see that men are intelligent and much of the male characters not only serve as an loving interest of the protagonist , They are people who care about it and support it as much as they can. Nor Beth wants to win only to beat men, she wants to overcome herself and dislikes that she just mentioned that she is a girl and not because she is her.
This series focuses on the characters, the atmosphere and the aspect that surrounds them, making the series entertaining even in the game scenes and the talks between players is also fascinating.
Undoubtedly, The Queen's Gambit is an incredible series that will leave you more than satisfied, great performances, great characters where everyone has their moment of shine, incredible atmosphere and atmosphere. Maybe the seven episodes are short after seeing this series, that's why it's limited series, lol😅, We can even get a moral:
Geniuses also need help
This moral we can see it throughout the series and is that, even though Beth is a genius in chess, she often teaches new tactics and new ways of playing, which helps her improve. Curious fact, the series has 7 episodes, since there are seven boxes that a pawn should be passed into a queen. So we can say that Beth is a pawn running the path of her until she became the queen.
