Queen's maneuver

The girls do not play chess. I want to play against the best. *** The series Queen's Gambit turned into a real societal phenomenon after it dominated 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 guard in an orphanage basement, to begin a brilliant 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 immense ability to challenge difficulties, and succeed in building a bright future on the ruins of a miserable past. So let’s sit down, clear our minds, and focus our attention on the four squares and the chessboard. And let’s enter Beth Harmon's enchanting world.