| Because this is not just about the game of chess, it's so much more | That is, until she plays her first game of chess |
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| Orphaned at the tender age of nine, prodigious introvert Beth Harmon discovers and masters the game of chess in 1960s USA | However, for strong English-speaking players to keep up with developments, familiarity with algebraic notation, the predominant form in European and Soviet chess literature, would have been essential |
Nine year-old orphan Beth Harmon is quiet, sullen, and by all appearances unremarkable.
9| Based on the book by Walter Tevis | a1-h8 , which appears frequently throughout the series, was rarely used by English-speaking players in the 1960s, descriptive notation e |
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| But this one got me deeply invested | I really cared what would happen to her and that's probably the most essential thing for me when watching any tv series |
What made me attached to this character was how I saw her grow up from a little orphan girl, witnessing her from the first chess game all the way to the end and everything in between.
| P-K4, N-KB3 being the prevalent notation | Watched it all in one night |
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| Had me in tears too |
Orphaned at the tender age of nine, prodigious introvert Beth Harmon discovers and masters the game of chess in 1960s USA.