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Diana Lanni, a New York chess player contemporary with Tevis who represented the United States at the 1982 Chess Olympiad in Lucerne, suggested she was at least in part the inspiration for the Beth Harmon character, and that her friend grandmaster Larry Kaufman was the inspiration for the book's Harry Beltik character.
The Queen's Gambit follows the life of an orphan chess prodigy, Elizabeth Harmon, during her quest to become an elite chess player while struggling with emotional problems, drugs and alcohol dependency. The title of the series refers to a chess opening of the same name. The story is set in the mid-1950s and 1960s. [6]
The Queen's Gambit is a 1983 American novel by Walter Tevis, exploring the life of fictional female chess prodigy Beth Harmon. A bildungsroman, or coming-of-age story, it covers themes of adoption, feminism, chess, drug addiction and alcoholism. The book was adapted for the 2020 Netflix miniseries of the same name.
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Walter Stone Tevis Jr. (/ ˈ t ɛ v ɪ s /; February 28, 1928 [4] – August 9, 1984 [5]) was an American novelist and screenwriter.Three of his six novels were adapted into major films: The Hustler, The Color of Money and The Man Who Fell to Earth.
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The series consisted of orchestral music, to focus on the "instrumental depth and color" for each episode, progressing on Beth Harmon's life. The score album was released on October 23, 2020 through Maisie Music Publishing label, coinciding with the release on Netflix.