The Queen's Gambit (2020)

 

The Queen's Gambit is a 2020 American coming-of-age period drama streaming television miniseries based on the 1983 novel of the same name by Walter Tevis. The title refers to the "Queen's Gambit", a chess opening. The series was written and directed by Scott Frank, who created it with Allan Scott, who owns the rights to the book. Beginning in the mid-1950s and proceeding into the 1960s, the story follows the life of Beth Harmon (Anya Taylor-Joy), a fictional chess prodigy on her rise to the top of the chess world while struggling with drug and alcohol dependency.


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Brief Introduction:

Netflix released The Queen's Gambit on October 23, 2020. After four weeks it had become Netflix's most-watched scripted miniseries, making it Netflix's top program in 63 countries. The series received critical acclaim, with particular praise for Taylor-Joy's performance, the cinematography, and production values. It also received a positive response from the chess community, and data suggests that it increased public interest in the game. The Queen's Gambit follows the life of an orphan chess prodigy, Elizabeth Harmon, during her quest to become an elite chess player while struggling with emotional problems, drugs and alcohol dependency. The title of the series refers to a chess opening of the same name. The story is set in the mid-1950s and 1960s.

During her final game of the tournament against state champion Harry Beltik, Beth becomes flustered by his late arrival and runs to the restroom, where she takes a tranquilizer pill to help win the game. At Beth's suggestion, he moves into Alma's house to accompany the now lonely Beth. The evening before they are scheduled to face each other in the final game, Benny challenges Beth to several rounds of speed chess for five dollars each. Benny, recognizing that Beth needs both a role model and a trainer, invites Beth to train for the Paris Invitational with him in New York City.Beth travels to New York with Benny, where he trains her for the Paris Invitational. Beth repeatedly beats Benny, Wexler, and Levertov at simultaneous speed chess, winning back more than Benny took from her in Ohio. Beth and Benny sleep together, but Benny ruins the mood by talking chess strategy for Paris afterwards. The next day, Beth finds her old friend Jolene at her front door.Jolene and Beth attend Mr. Shaibel's funeral.

The Queen's Gambit won eleven Primetime Emmy Awards, including Outstanding Limited or Anthology Series, becoming the first show on a streaming service to win the category. The series also won two Golden Globe Awards: Best Limited Series or Television Film and Best Actress – Miniseries or Television Film for Taylor-Joy. She also won the Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Miniseries or Television Movie.


Casting of The Queens Gambit (2020):

·         Anya Taylor-Joy as Beth Harmon, an orphan who matures into a competitive young adult fueled by a desire to become the greatest chess player in the world while masking a growing addiction to the drugs and alcohol that allow her to function.

o    Isla Johnston as young Beth

o    Annabeth Kelly as five-year-old Beth

·         Bill Camp as Mr. William Shaibel, the custodian at the Methuen Home for Girls and an experienced chess player who teaches Beth how to play the game.

·         Moses Ingram as Jolene, a rebellious teenager at the Methuen Home who becomes Beth's closest childhood friend.

·         Christiane Seidel as Helen Deardorff, director of Methuen Home for Girls.

·         Rebecca Root as Miss Lonsdale, the chaplain and choir director at Methuen.

·         Chloe Pirrie as Alice Harmon, Beth's deceased mother (seen only in flashbacks) who earned a Ph.D. in mathematics at Cornell University before experiencing a downward spiral in her mental health.

·         Akemnji Ndifornyen as Mr. Fergusson, the orderly at Methuen, who among other roles administers state-mandated pills to the girls.

·         Marielle Heller as Alma Wheatley, who with her husband Allston adopts Beth as a young teenager and later acts as a manager for Beth's chess career. Alma's biological child died sometime before Beth's adoption, and she develops a worsening alcoholism that begins to influence Beth.

·         Harry Melling as Harry Beltik, Kentucky State Champion, whom Beth defeats in her first tournament and later befriends.

·         Patrick Kennedy as Allston Wheatley, Alma's husband and Beth's estranged adoptive father.

·         Jacob Fortune-Lloyd as D.L. Townes, a chess player and journalist who befriends Beth and with whom she is infatuated.

·         Thomas Brodie-Sangster as Benny Watts, a brash young New Yorker who is the reigning United States Chess Champion, later Beth's mentor and friend.

·         Marcin Dorociński as Vasily Borgov, Soviet World Champion and Beth's biggest challenge.

 


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Total Episodes of The Queens Gambit – Season 1:

Sr. No.

Title

Director

Writer

Release Date

IMDb Ratings

1

Openings

Scott Frank

Scott Frank

Oct 23, 2020

⚝ 8.5

2

Exchanges

Scott Frank

Scott Frank

Oct 23, 2020

⚝ 8.8

3

Doubled Pawns

Michael Katleman

Christopher Yost & Sean Cummings

Oct 23, 2020

⚝ 8.5

4

Middle Game

Michael Katleman

Vivian Lee

Oct 23, 2020

⚝ 8.5

5

Fork

Alex Garcia Lopez

Liz Sagal

Oct 23, 2020

⚝ 8.3

6

Adjournment

Michael Katleman

Karl Taro Greenfeld

Oct 23, 2020

⚝8.5

7

End Game

Alex Garcia Lopez

Alexandra E. Hartman

Nov 19, 2020

⚝ 9.5


Overall Ratings Of The Queens Gambit:

Overall rating of The Queens Gambit (2020) on IMDb : 8.6 / 10

Overall Filmyaffinity ratings of The Queens Gambit (2020) : 7.6 / 10

Overall score of The Queens Gambit (2020) on Rotten Tomatoes : 96%

Overall Common sense media ratings of The Queens Gambit (2020) : 4 / 5


 

The Queens Gambit season 2 release dates: When The Queens Gambit next season will come?

There's no announcement yet of a second season. It was a long road to get just the one season from idea to a headlining Netflix series. But if it will be, then the completeness of Beth's story." Still, it wouldn't be the first time a novel adaptation billed as a miniseries got an unplanned second season, just look at HBO's Big Little Lies. However, it's easy to say a second season won't happen in 2021, but 2022 is possible.

 

The Queens Gambit Season 2 Casting?

Not sure about second season of The Queens Gambit Web Series but if it will comes then the older season casting will may continues their characters in second season.

 

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