Hi, how many episodes is the Queen's Gambit TV Series?
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I saw the series and it was pretty good. An intelligent girl who practically beats everyone in chess. Her story is something to see, but when a teen girl is kicking butt, stay out of her way.
Nov 14, 2020
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#44
It is just another inspirational movie to get our butt moving. . . . to improve .. because we are the real chess players ...
Nov 14, 2020
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#46
chesspunk04 wrote:
The only thing that sprung to mind that annoyed me, was when she first played Harry Beltik, she announced how she was going to win the game, whilst the game was still in play.
Keep in mind she's completely new to the chess tournament world. The only chess book we know she's seen at that point is that classic Reuben Fine Modern Chess Openings book. If she's seen any game collections, it probably includes hoary old chestnuts where somebody announces mate and the board is showered with gold pieces.
Nov 14, 2020
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#47
nastydiscoveries1 wrote:
the show is nice but it's more like about the plot and the setting not about chess. Although the games were designed partly by Kasparov himself, from the chess part the show is ridiculous and portrays the game wrongly imo. a substance WOMAN addict wins a world champion while just drinking and not practicing almost at all, that was able to learn chess that fast that she had beaten her teacher after like a couple of months practicing. it's actually shame some people will think chess is like that
she was an incredible prodigy, with a mother who was a mathematician good enough to have written a monograph. So, think of her as a female Bobby Fischer. She beats her first teacher after several months in much the same way that Capablanca was virtually unbeatable after several months. Of course, it is is dramatic fiction, but still wildly entertaining, I thought. She beats the world champion in tournament play, not in match play, so that's entirely possible.
I just heard of this tv mini series today. It is based on a book by the same name by Walter Trevis. I have read that book. Walter Trevis is the same author who wrote the book “The Hustler” it was made into the classic film of the same name.
nice series
So in the final episode there is a guy named Panchenko with wild hair. It is said he crushed Bronstein in Havana, beat Alekhine, and drew Botvinnik. The announcer also says he’s a “dangerous player if allowed to attack” and was a one time world champion before Harmon was born (1948).
Obviously he’s named Alexander Panchenko, but is he based off of a real player? I got major Tal vibes (dangerous if allowed to attack and Russian champion), but the years are off for his championship and I couldn’t find any of the games previously mentioned by Tal.
Nov 18, 2020
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#53
It's an alternative universe where Bobby Fischer doesn't exist (or more precisely, he exists as Beth Harmon). So I just assume these various fictitious players aren't really supposed to represent anyone intentionally. In '68, the world champion, I believe, was already Spassky, and he only gets mentioned in passing. I actually find it rather good taste that the producers decided not to have "real" chess players at the tournaments. I imagine that Petrosian fans wouldn't be all that amused if Beth Harmon beat him.
Nov 19, 2020
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#60
The series was quite good. The book is better, because you loose all the internal monologue of Beth, especially when she's playing games. You never learn how much she hates "Basic Chess Endings" LOL. There's a few minor changes storywise, but nothing that seriously betrays the book.
yeah