This is purely for chess players or the prodigies.

And if you don't play chess and still watch, it might sometimes make you feel like an outsider and won't fully get submerged into the content but still, it's a good one-time because it gives a perspective on the whole chess universe and championships with a good plot with a female protagonist which makes this even watchable as the film is made in 60s era when the gender started gaining that popularity of getting merged into the economical cycles.

There are so many lags & unnecessary sequences which could've been trimmed and made the whole thing crispier but with the liberty of time of making the series as lengthier as possible, who would want to take that plunge?

The overall making was good and took us to the 60s and all the characterisations were neatly designed and the actors also did well wrt portraying those.