From ''Queen's Gambit'' press release:
''Eight-year-old orphan Beth Harmon is quiet, sullen, and by all appearances unremarkable. That is, until she plays her first game of chess. Her senses grow sharper, her thinking clearer. ... By the age of sixteen, she’s competing for the U.S. Open championship. But as Beth hones her skills on the professional circuit, the stakes get higher, her isolation grows more frightening, and the thought of escape becomes all the more tempting.''
From ''Chess'':
''When I was 9, I learned survival. Taught myself not to care. ... Pity the child who has ambition, knows what [she] wants to do ...'' |
