Queen's maneuver

The series Maneuver of the Queen turned into a real societal phenomenon after it imposed itself at the top of the most watched series in Netflix history, and brought chess back to the forefront, achieving record sales worldwide. What secret lies behind this fascination? The answer is between the lines of this wonderful novel by Walter Tevis, which tells the story of Beth Harmon, the young orphan girl who learned the basics of chess from a silent guardian in an orphanage basement, to start a dazzling rise and become a famous champion who defeats the world's top players, while at the same time fighting her own battle against addiction. We learn from this inspiring heroine how an orphaned, poor girl, raised in conservative 1950s America, can achieve her dreams and reach the top, with her passion, effort, perseverance, and her incredible ability to challenge difficulties, and succeed in building a bright future on the ruins of a miserable past. "Let us sit then and clear our minds, and focus our attention on the sixty-four squares of the chessboard" And let us enter Beth Harmon's enchanting world