The Queen's Gambit on Netflix. I liked it.
But more importantly, how many famous games were used in the series. I have spotted 3 so far (by Greco, Morphy and Reti) and I have seen a reference to another game that was played by Rashid Nehzmetdinov. My list would be a bit longer as I saw that someone had actually collated all the games and put it on youtube or facebook, but for the life of me, I can no longer find it,
The only game I recognized in the first three episodes was Reti-Tartakower (in the first episode, against the high school teacher).
ReplyDeleteI know I've seen the game against the (?) love interest in the second episode where the knight dominates the rook, but I can't remember who played it. Maybe it's a study.
But yes, I really liked the show, not just the chess aspects. The amount of smoking at the board, dialogue, etc. back then was a bit strange, compared to now I mean, but was realistic I am guessing. I saw in the titles that Garry Kasparov was one of the consultants, so I was thinking he would have liked his famous King chasing game included ;-).
ReplyDeleteIM Levy Rozman has a summary on his You Tube channel GothamChess
ReplyDeletehttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Inmcb_k7dig