The Queen's Gambit (Netflix) (1 Viewer)

I think for those familiar with Bobby Fischer’s life arc in chess (I wasn’t until recently), the parallels between Beth and Bobby are obvious - both in the micro as some of Beth’s personality traits and sub-storylines (Fischer wasn’t an orphan but his dad left when he was 2, he was identified as a prodigy through the local chess community and began challenging the local high school players when he was still quite young, etc.) draw from Fischer’s but also in the macro as Beth, like Fischer, found herself a David figure, battling the Goliath of Soviet chess - and success was elusive. And if Beth’s arc is like Bobby’s, then Borgov is Spassky.

Also apparently other aspects of Beth’s life are influenced by Tevis’s life, including being on heavy medications as a child.

Interesting stuff:

Hopefully Beth’s later life experience won’t be like Fischer’s - good lord.
if ever there was something i wish that i could be great at is chess. i forking love it like i love golf. i'm so bad at both, yet want to be good at. simply fascinating.

poor beth. addiction is deadly.

fischer is a phenomena. that dude isn't even human.
 
if ever there was something i wish that i could be great at is chess. i forking love it like i love golf. i'm so bad at both, yet want to be good at. simply fascinating.

poor beth. addiction is deadly.

fischer is a phenomena. that dude isn't even human.

I love chess as well. I think it’s a brilliant game. I was decent when I was young, read chess books a lot and played with a friend ever chance I got. It was weird the way we would leap frog each other in skill. He would hardly be able to beat me once for months and then it would swing the other way. You do not maintain the skills of you don’t keep playing unfortunately. I still play AI games often. My Radio Shack electronic chess board was one of my prized possessions as a kid. And that thing could beat my computer chess games on most settings if I remember right
 
if ever there was something i wish that i could be great at is chess. i forking love it like i love golf. i'm so bad at both, yet want to be good at. simply fascinating.

poor beth. addiction is deadly.

fischer is a phenomena. that dude isn't even human.
phenomenon. phenomena is plural.
 
I love chess as well. I think it’s a brilliant game. I was decent when I was young, read chess books a lot and played with a friend ever chance I got. It was weird the way we would leap frog each other in skill. He would hardly be able to beat me once for months and then it would swing the other way. You do not maintain the skills of you don’t keep playing unfortunately. I still play AI games often. My Radio Shack electronic chess board was one of my prized possessions as a kid. And that thing could beat my computer chess games on most settings if I remember right

Join chess.com, a few of us play there. We mostly do 1 and 3 day games - meaning you have up to 1 or 3 days to make your next move. No pressure.
 
I love chess as well. I think it’s a brilliant game. I was decent when I was young, read chess books a lot and played with a friend ever chance I got. It was weird the way we would leap frog each other in skill. He would hardly be able to beat me once for months and then it would swing the other way. You do not maintain the skills of you don’t keep playing unfortunately. I still play AI games often. My Radio Shack electronic chess board was one of my prized possessions as a kid. And that thing could beat my computer chess games on most settings if I remember right
dude as nerdy as i am, i kinda want to give you a swirly over this
 

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