The Queen's Gambit
Overview
In a Kentucky orphanage in the 1950s, a young girl discovers an astonishing talent for chess while struggling with addiction.
Cast
Anya Taylor-Joy
Bill Camp
Moses Ingram
Thomas Brodie-Sangster
Harry Melling
Crew
Scott Frank
Allan Scott
William Horberg
Walter Tevis
Seasons
Limited Series
Orphaned at 9, prodigious introvert Beth Harmon discovers and masters the game of chess in 1960s USA. But, child stardom comes at a price.
The Queen’s Gambit is a fictional story that follows the life of an orphan chess prodigy named Beth Harmon from the age of eight to twenty-two during her quest to become the world’s greatest chess player while struggling with emotional issues and with drug and alcohol dependency. The story begins in the mid-1950s and proceeds into the 1960s