We watched The Queen's Gambit TV miniseries on Netflix this past week or so which was well done and highly entertaining. We enjoyed this show very much. I especially loved the late 1950's and 1960's era sets, clothes, cars, etc. It was a interesting coming of age story and a fascinating look at the world of competitive chess. It also explored themes of adoption, drug abuse, alcoholism, and feminism.
Anya Taylor-Joy who plays the child chess prodigy Beth Harmon is a very good actor and really carried the show.
The scenes with the Soviet chess players and the tournament in Moscow were an intense flashback to the chess craze of the sixties when it became a East vs West, Cold War by chess political confrontation.
I also found out the TV show is based on a novel of the same name written by Walter Tevis in 1983. So today I went on the public library app and placed a hold on the novel. I should have to read in about 10 weeks. I guess there is a high demand for the six copies available from the library.
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