I'm a fan of the TV Series format in general, because I prefer a slower pacing that allows for an entire story to be told instead of movies, which are essentially cliff note versions of stories crammed into 2 hours. This Series was the opposite. It's a 2 hour story stretched into 6 1/2 hours. This story uses a very common format (this time with a female chess prodigy) that's been used since the inception of cinema and it doesn't add anything extra to justify stretching this into a 6+ hour series.

Like most who view this series, I assumed that this must be based on a true story, but out of interest after the first episode I researched it and as it turns out it's 100% fiction. Apparently there's one female chess player who's a chess master, who some would argue is good enough to make the top 100 best chess players of all time list. I don't dock this series for being based on fiction, however this show gets most of it's enjoyment factor out of the viewer thinking that this Beth Harmon character existed to at least some degree. I probably ruined my viewer experience by knowing that it's completely fiction. One would think that it was based on a true story with the Beth Harmon character being so unlike-able, because who would write a character with no likeable traits aside from being an orphan and awesome at chess. All of her friends and acquaintances over the years all accept her for being an ahole, because she's great at chess.

Anyways, if you're someone who watches a lot of TV series and is considering this one, I highly recommend skipping it. There are an endless supply of much better shows out there. This is not an IMDB 8.7 quality rated show. It's inflated because viewers think it's based on a true story.