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More info • In October, Netflix unveiled the Queen’s Move miniseries, one of the most anticipated screen adaptations of this year. Anya Taylor-Joy (Emma, Split) played the main role. Read the book, watch the TV series! • Walter Tevis (1928-1984) — a recognized classic of American literature of the XX century, known for the novels «Billiard Player», «The Color of Money» and «The Man Who Fell to Earth.» • This is an exciting and dynamic novel about chess , feminism, the fight against addiction and yourself. Beth Harmon is a quiet and gloomy orphan. She has no friends and no interests, life at the shelter is reduced to a quiet expectation of tomorrow. And so that the children behave themselves quietly, they are given tranquilizers. During the Cold War, such treatment was an acceptable remedy, but Beth becomes unhealthy for these magic pills. One day, the girl meets a local watchman, who teaches Beth to play chess. She falls in love with this complex game, and soon it becomes obvious to everyone: Beth is a born chess genius. She begins to participate in tournaments and can no longer imagine her life without fights with the most famous and eminent rivals. Chess becomes Beth’s passion, an irreplaceable pleasure and companion of her growing up. But Beth meets coming of age in the company of two equally strong passions: tranquilizers and alcohol, but in the girl’s life there is no one who could help her fight them. In this isolated state of eternal struggle with her fears and weaknesses, she reaches the pinnacle of success: she goes for a tournament in the USSR. Titles, careers and the honor of proving the superiority of a female chess player over the best player in the world are at stake. This is a sad but charming story of loneliness and willpower that cannot be put off until the long-awaited denouement. Annotation Beth Harmon is a quiet, sullen and seemingly unremarkable eight-year-old girl who is sent to an orphanage after her mother’s death. She is deprived of love and emotional support. Her social circle is another orphan and watchman, he teaches Beth to play chess, which is gradually becoming the meaning of life for her. As he grows up, the young genius begins to abuse tranquilizers and alcohol, thereby escaping from reality. Only during the game of chess does her thoughts become clear and she can regain control. Already at the age of sixteen, Beth became a participant in the US Open Chess Championship. But in parallel with her desire to hone her skills at a professional level, the stakes are increasing, her isolation takes on a frightening scale, and the desire to escape from reality becomes more seductive, And the moment comes when she has to fight with the best player in the world, can she win or become a victim of her addictions as has happened in the past?
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