What made this show so great is that they’re playing real games, it was all choreographed by a master chess player who was the show’s consultant. It added intensity to the chess scenes.

Why does nobody talk about the younger Beth Harmon cause she acted really good and Anya Taylor joy was ofcours also good but the younger one nailed it

One of the best series Netflix ever produced! Harmon indeed is an iconic character and Anya Taylor and this kid nailed her role.

Isla Johnston play the role of young Beth really well, she really mark the success of Beth character development. I especially love the part where she stole the jar of blue pills

Isla Johnston “young Beth” in my opinion deserves more recognition for playing the role so perfectly putting in mind how young she is. Her acting skills is incredible she was the reason I got so interested to watch the full story

I like how Beth still a child with that chocolate smudge even though her brain is totally on another level

2:04 "A few of them tried stupid mating attacks." Every girl said that at least once in her life

“It’s an entire world of just 64 squares” ❣️

The fact that no one talks about the little Beth makes my heart a little sad as she played an important part in the series and provide the right direction to the character of adult/teenager Beth. Edit: thanks for the likes guys

She destroyed them. And then had a box of chocolate

I played a Grandmaster like this back in the day along with 19 other players. He beat us all. Then he played the best among us with his back to the board, essentially blindfolded. He won that, too, then went up to the board and replayed the whole game for us from memory, showing us how he beat him.

The fact that Isla Johnson was not mentioned for a Golden Globe Awards® nomination baffles me. Anya was super at her role, but younger beth was significantly moving as well! Isla did a hell of a job with that role! I hope we get to see more of that young woman's work.

Ok, but can we talk about how she didn’t come back to visit Mr. shaibel after her first win 🥺

The sad part was that Beth never knew just how happy and proud Mr. Shaibel was of her, until after he died, and she found all of the newspaper clippings of her accomplishments. Gotta admit, I teared up a little on that. He was the father she never knew she had.

Did anyone said same when she said “ It felt good, I never won anything before” ?

this girl: destroyed 12 chess players all at once and then had chocolate what kind of savagery is this

Isla Johnston and Anya Taylor-Joy were simply amazing. It's not common to see a mini series this good but there we are. Queen's Gambit is a masterpiece

You know as a born Russian me watching the entire episodes in 3 days and giving a resounding applause ..I am not easy to please but this is hands down the greatest series on netflix I have ever watched!

What an amazing actress. Even during this scene you still feel like crying for her. You can feel the damage she had to endure, and you're reminded of how young she still is. Oscar worthy.

I played in chess tournaments in the decade before Fischer won the world championship and it was very much as depicted in the series. Like Beth, I took Russian courses so I could read the Russian chess magazines. It's a miracle i graduated high school because I'd be sitting very attentively in class while the teacher was lecturing but I'd be visualizing chess moves and games in my mind. I stopped playing in my senior year of college in 1970 but played in one last tournament in 1975 at the Harvest Open in Providence, Rhode Island. It was the only tournament in which I won first place (tied with a young mathematician). This series captures it all, the mood of the times, what it was like start playing in tournaments, trying to get up the 50 cents to buy a copy of Chess Life magazine and running to the library to read chess books. The mood, the Weltanschuang, to use a fancy word, what the exuberance and the dreams of the 1960's were all about, it's in that series for any person, sociologist or otherwise, to watch and get some semblance of understanding from where we, of that generation, came.

Soo confident tht girl is omg Seems like she won Chess championship since birth Totally gonna watch it !! 🤯

The best Netflix show ever. The actress playing Beth as,a young girl was amazing...

The screen writers were themselves "master" writers. If you think about it, the dialogue is epic.

I hope Isla Johnston will get more iconic roles soon!!! She did an amazing job as young Beth.

Personally, this scene reminds me very much of Hou Yifan, who was the second best female chess player in history after Judit Polgar, who also once beat her in a game. She told in one interview that when she was 7 years old, the coach of a major chess club heard about her successes and considered accepting her into the group. In the first class, he wanted to test her skills. He chose his best students and asked her to play a game with each of them. They were all boys and much older than she was. They were between 14 and 16 years old. She was only 7 and the only girl there, but she easily beat everyone. Later, they solved various tasks, practiced difficult endgames such as mate with only knight and bishop. Hou Yifan said that she had never studied chess theory before, but her solutions to these problems were the best of all in the group. After these classes, the owner of the club called her coach and said that he was ready to take her even from tomorrow because he had never seen such a talented chess child before. She later became the youngest female GM ever to win the GM title and broke Judit Polgar's record. She was 14 years old and the youngest GM at the world then, both among girls and boys.

Long ago, I was one of 16 boards against Sofia Polgar when she was in her teens. She crushed us all. I was 4th last to be crushed. ...A beautiful experience that I'll never forget.

Would love to see an interview with her, cause she was beyond AMAZING!

I never understood Chess but this series was masterfully crafted. 👏🏻

One of the best show I watched that I started accidently. This promo should have been made much prior than today. Best limited series show ever.

Still can't move on about how good The Queen's Gambit is! It made me play chess again after a long while

Isla Johnston is the actress playing Beth in this scene. It stinks that she is rarely credited in clips of her.

I read the book as a young man sometime in the 80's and thought it would be a great movie. Better late than never.

“What suprised me was how bad they played” LOL

This show will be a big part in Chess history. I'm not surprised a future Grandmaster will say she/he's inspired by this show.

The casting throughout the whole movie for this film blew me away. They did such a great job and the little girls acting was impeccable.

LEGEND says she is Sagar Shah's PARAUD Student.

I love that her character is a genius chess player. Yet, still a kid with chocolate smudged on her face. She's realizing just how flawed adults really are.

One of the greatest ever. This series will be talked about a long time from now.

there are special people among us. some will never be "discovered" . if you meet someone like this. keep them safe.

You needed ONE more iconic line for this vid. “Here, you can have the rest.”

The next week, there were only three members of the chess club left. The others formed the checkers club.

"Remember this day, gentlemen, and in 20 years you can say you once played against Beth Harmon."

Chess is my favorite game for a number of reasons, but number 1 is: there's nothing hidden (like in Texas Hold'Em Poker, for example) and no dice / nothing random, like Backgammon or Monopoly. It's all right there in front of you... you just have to see it.

It's heartbreaking how the reporters didn't publish Beth's acknowledgement of Mr. Shaibel in their interviews.

On many levels I cannot get enough of this series! And I cannot play chess! Beautiful series!

The most beautiful thing in this world is to see your parents smiling, and knowing that you are the reason behind that smile.

I like watching the crowd gather to watch. Even a jock in his "letter" shirt comes to watch.

This was truly a masterpiece probably the best original drama of Netflix

She's a pretty good actress.

Excellent series... Isla Johnston was superb as the young Beth Harmon!!!

It's like a Western, where the stranger kills the town bandits

If this isn't the best Netflix has ever put out, it has to be in everyone's top 5.

One of the best shows produced in the past 10 years

I started watching it 2 days before and it has amazed me like no other....I really love this series a lot..Great Work😍

I love her so much. I forget if it says in the show whether or not she has Aspergers or something similar, but I related a ton to her mind, and I feel like she gives some awesome representation to the weird deep thinkers out there. You don't often see women portrayed with this kind of thing, so this show is super refreshing and exhilarating on the mind. If you haven't seen it yet, I highly recommend it, Beth is awesome.

Best series ever!!! I wonder why i watched it so late. Glad that i finally did ❤

I really love her facial expressions and her voice

It was really a heart breaking scene in the series final episode when she visits orphanage to attend Mr Shaibel funeral and found her wall of fame in the basement. It is the first time in the series when she breakdown in the car.

I love how those 17 year old boys resigned from a little girl like Beth I love these series ;)

It was simply genius. We had watched the 7 episodes in a breath.

The Top player Charles is now the Janitor at the orphanage

An absolute masterpiece 👏

Queens Gambit is one of Netflix's best series, it was just a marvel. Everyone was able to fall in love with Beth harman, and also root for her as world champion.

We know it's TV but the bold young Beth wasting those chess players is just magnificent to watch, "look at the faces on ya", to quote another film....magnificent viewin x

I've just rewatched the series and just realised if she was adopted earlier and had supportive adoptive parents, she could have become a world champion at a younger age.

Was having an exam but this seems more important!😁😂

I'll first state that this was an epic movie of true brilliance in all categories! I'm even watching it a 2nd time reliving that emotional tug at the heart series of excellence!

I would watch this series again. Very well done.

When we saw Beth tapping the point of her shoe on the floor you knew that she knew that she had this under control.

This series was such a joy to watch

These high school chess students learned what it’s like playing against a gifted player. It was a learning experience to say the least

The scene is a masterclass in editing

None of Anya's mastery would be as significant without Isla Johnson.

This is one of my favourite scenes

It is a good movie. I watch it over and over. My friend always have something to say about watching it so many times.

When i was 15, i played over 200 games against a grandmaster, only won once. The practice mixed with his teachings made me pretty much unstoppable, as noone has beaten me since, and im 36 now. This was a good scene, i like it.

A very well made show I enjoyed thoroughly!

Younger Beth looks a lot like that girl from Narmia!

I love this show so much. It was very nice! It's nice to see the woman against all the men. The adult Beth Harmon is so beautiful and graceful!

Many years ago, when I was a senior in high school, I was asked to help with an elementary school chess club of kids up to 3rd grade I ended up playing simultaneous chess against about 15 or so 6-9 year olds. I was not at all unhappy when they had to go home on the bus. I seem to remember leaving at least one or two losing positions behind.😳

That girl is an amazing actress

This was a terrific movie, great acting specially the young Beth.

As others have noted, this talented young actress did a fantastic job! Her name is Isla Johnston.

This is a great series and parallel Beth's life.

The show is brilliant.

This show was a masterpiece

The young lady did a great acting job

Great series! I had to read to book after I saw it and highly recommend it.

The best series in the world 😍😍👌🏻💯

The greatest and funniest thing: She told Mr. Shaible how she did with that sweet chocolate-smeared face like "I just shaved them off one on another!" :-D

Absolutely brilliant series, I hope there’s never a sequel

Hay everybody this little girl is kicking the chess clubs a$$!

I'm glad Beth fought Gotham chess

Loved it....❤

My dad taught all four of us kids at young age. Don't know about my brothers, but I recall him taking me to Chess Tournaments, ( just like this ), to watch everyone play against the Master, including him. 👍😎

A GREAT FILM, A GREAT ACTRESS.

Amazing series. Story telling and filming, early 60’s set, clothing and decor styles add to the mystical aspect, slow camera angles and shots let us float and wonder, discovery of one’s incredible intellect, social & sexual interactions, and mental health make this journey wilder.

Amazing series

This was such a great show

Nothing about this show was a let-down. I felt so much of it. I waited years to watch it, just because i dont jump on "new" or "hype." Well, im glad i watched it, it brought tears to my eyes several times.