The Queen’s Gambit is the TV adaptation of a novel by Walter Tevis in 1983. The adaptation is done by Scott Frank and Allan Scott.
When we talk about the actors of the TV show, the lead actress is 24 years old, young and successful Anya Taylor-Joy whom we know from Split and Glass movies. I need to say that she does her own part perfectly.
Other actors in the TV show are Moses Ingram, Thomas Brodie-Sangster, Harry Melling and Jacob Fortune Lloyd. The Queen’s Gambit is a perfect TV show with the cast, shooting and plot.
If we talk about the 7-episode TV show:
The Queen’s Gambit is in the 1950s and 60s. Therefore, the atmosphere and clothes are amazing. Anya Taylor-Joy plays Beth Harmon character in the TV show. Beth loses her mother in a car accident when she was 9 years old and she is placed in an orphanage as she does not talk to her father. When all her traumas are considered, Beth seems like an introvert child. But she transforms into someone else when she discovers her passion. Well, what is Beth’s passion? Chess! Beth who already had mathematics education from her mother is excellent in her class and she is extremely smart. One day when she goes down to the basement, she saw the janitor playing with something. The chessboard attracts her attention at first and she follows this curiosity. She watches the janitor for a while, gets help from the janitor and creates a chessboard on her mind and develops her unique talent. Over time, Beth joins the tournaments and she is known across the country. There are both tragic and dramatic events underlying this success. I am not going to give more spoilers; you will see the rest when you watch the TV show…
On the other hand, The Queen’s Gambit makes the audience question the patriarchal way of those years. Beth who is an opposite character to the female figure of the society of that time makes a difference with her success in the male-dominated field.
The Queen’s Gambit is not based on a real story. But the TV show characters are created inspired by the former chess masters. On the other hand, the authors of the book Walter Tevis gave an interview to The New York Times and said:
“In the 1980s, I started to play chess against my sister and my friends in my neighborhood. At some point, I was graded as C-Class player. My first rewards were 250 dollars.”
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