There is a lot of Russian greatness in the series. Yes, I understand that this was before the events of 2022... Now such praise of the Russian Empire, its chess players and its culture causes nothing but disgust, because it is all a lie. When I watched the series, I was so interested in who the people were the best chess players in the Soviet Union, so they were from different countries, it is a huge disrespect to call them all Russian, as it was in several series, it was unbearable to watch. Unfortunately, I couldn't stand it and watched only up to episode 5. Maybe if I had watched it 2 years ago I would have liked it, but not now. Now it only makes me angry at the world and at myself because I don't understand what Russian culture really is. By learning Russian, they spread another propaganda idea that everyone should learn Russian. Dream of Moscow, Paris against this background looks like some worse city, why dream of Paris, if you can go to Moscow! It was shown this way even though I was in Paris and it's a beautiful place.