The Queens Gambit

Netflix Original Miniseries 🎥 Review: “The Queens Gambit”.

Critics rated it 100% and the users a 96%.

Rated: TV-MA with seven 1 hour episodes and an IMDb of 8.8/10.

Cast: Anya Taylor-Joy, Bill Camp, Moses Ingram, Christiane Seidel, Rebecca Root, Chloe Pirrie, Akemnji Ndifornyen, Marielle Heller, Harry Melling, Patrick Kennedy, Jacob Fortune-Lloyd, Thomas Brodie-Sangster and Marcin Dorociński 

Set during the Cold War era, orphaned chess prodigy Beth Harmon struggles with addiction in a quest to become the greatest chess player in the world.

The Queen's Gambit is an American drama television miniseries based on Walter Tevis's 1983 novel of the same name, starring Anya Taylor-Joy. It was created by Scott Frank and Allan Scott and released on Netflix on October 23, 2020.

So I know what your thinking, a show about chess?……this can’t be good. Well I’ve got news for you……..if you are an avid chess player you’ll love this, if your a casual chess player, you’ll love it, even if you don’t know anything about chess you will love it.

I would advise you plan carefully when you decide to watch this show, you get hooked very quickly and end up binging this to the end in very short order. It’s too addicting, suspenseful and thoroughly entertaining to not want to watch all 7 hours at once.

The cast is beyond amazing, Anya Taylor-Joy does an outstanding job. The story and writing is brilliant with amazing cinematography that captured every little detail for the time period (clothing, sets and music)!

This is must see……..The only disappointment is that there probably will not be a season two.