The Queen's Gambit
The Queen's Gambit
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Premiered:
- Network: Netflix
- Category: Series
- Genre: Drama
- Type: Live Action
- Concept:Based on the 1983 book (The Queen's Gambit) by Walter Tevis
- Subject Matter: Period
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Season 1
Plot Synopsis
Based on Walter Tevis' 1983 novel of the same name, THE QUEEN'S GAMBIT is a coming-of-age drama that explores the true cost of genius. Abandoned and entrusted to a Kentucky orphanage in the late 1950s, nine-year-old Beth Harmon discovers an astonishing talent for chess while developing an addiction to green tranquilizers provided by the state as a sedative for the children. Haunted by her personal demons and fueled by a cocktail of narcotics and obsession, Beth transforms into an impressively skilled and glamorous outcast while determined to conquer the traditional boundaries established in the male-dominated world of competitive chess. When Beth is suddenly plunged into a confusing new life in suburbia, teenage Beth studies her high school classmates and hatches a plan to enter a chess tournament. Then, a trip to Cincinnati launches Beth and her mother into a whirlwind of travel and press coverage. Beth sets her sights on the U.S. Open in Las Vegas. Netflix released the seven-episode series on Friday, October 23, 2020 at 3:01am ET/12:01am PT.
Cast
- Anya Taylor Joy - Beth Harmon
- Bill Camp - Mr. Shaibel
- Marielle Heller - Alma Wheatley
- Thomas Brodie-Sangster - Benny Watts
- Moses Ingram - Jolene
- Harry Melling - Harry Beltik
- Isla Johnston - Beth Harmon, young
- Annabeth Kelly - Beth Harmon, young
- Christiane Seidel - Helen Deardorff
- Chloe Pirrie - Alice Harmon
- Rebecca Root - Miss Lonsdale
- Jacob Fortune-Lloyd
- Janina Elkin - Mrs. Borgov
- Dolores Carbonari - Margaret
- Marcin Dorocinski - Vasily Borgov
- Matthew Dennis Lewis - Matt
- Russell Dennis Lewis - Mike
- Patrick Kennedy - Allston Wheatley