Plot Summary :

" le jeu de la dame" is a 2020 American coming-of-age period drama miniseries based on Walter Tevis's 1983 novel of the same name.

Orphaned at the tender age of nine, prodigious introvert Beth Harmon discovers and masters the game of chess in 1960s USA. But child stardom comes at a price.

Based on the same-titled 1983 novel by Walter Tevis, an American novelist and passionate amateur chess enthusiast, " le jeu de la dame's" draws inspiration from the insular world of competitive chess, circa the 1950s and 1960s.

" le jeu de la dame " is indeed great on its own merits. It's a smart, well-told story and Taylor-Joy is fantastic as Beth Harmon, a chess prodigy who learns to play from the janitor in her orphanage and takes those skills all the way to Moscow to play the world's best Grandmaster by the time she's 20.The objective of the " le jeu de la dame" is to temporarily sacrifice a pawn to gain control of the center of the board."