So we should use drugs in young age and add booze to succeed? Not much training but loads of drinking? Huh!

At first I thought this is real story and I was baffled that how will she end up beating the Russian dude but at the end it seemed unreal and I wasn't.

I admit I don't know about much about chess prodigies lives, but based on what seems logical and what characters said she needed a lot more training; which makes her wining in the end a bit unearned.

There was also some chess positions or moves that were primitive(even I could get that) but mostly I had not much Idea.(I'm not saying its bad.)

Also why she didn't call or visit any of her childhood friends?

Let me finish with a good point and I liked the plot twist (If you can call it one) that every one back in US were working to help her.

Thanks.