The Queens Gambit

 It’s probably been a year since the Queens Gambit became the biggest film on Netflix. Not much has changed except that the pandemic has passed… taking a million lives, needlessly with it and Netflix, once the hottest stock in FAANG recently took a 30% nose dive. Meanwhile The Queens Gambit is still probably one of the greatest films or rather film series of our time. I’m watching it now for the third time. When something is bad, it’s not worth watching at all but when something is good it’s worth watching over and over again. Queens Gambit is one of those. 

 Set in the early 50’s it follows the story of a poor little orphan child from obscurity to fame under the spotlight of international chess. I found myself falling in paternal love with this girl in the first episode and  becoming more deeply intrigued but always protective with each episode. Elizabeth survives her mother’s fatal car crash. An accident that was suicidal. Her mom tells Beth that

  “The strongest person is the person who isn’t scared to be alone.”