| However, for strong English-speaking players to keep up with developments, familiarity with algebraic notation, the predominant form in European and Soviet chess literature, would have been essential | Orphaned at the tender age of nine, prodigious introvert Beth Harmon discovers and masters the game of chess in 1960s USA |
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| Orphaned at the tender age of nine, prodigious introvert Beth Harmon discovers and masters the game of chess in 1960s USA |
Her senses grow sharper, her thinking clearer, and for the first time in her life she feels herself fully in control.
5| I didn't think a story about chess would keep me interested | Nine year-old orphan Beth Harmon is quiet, sullen, and by all appearances unremarkable |
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| But this one got me deeply invested | a1-h8 , which appears frequently throughout the series, was rarely used by English-speaking players in the 1960s, descriptive notation e |
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.
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