While i was very engaged by most of this show, I was very put off by the anachronisms and impossible foundations of the narrative. First, the story postulates an integrated orphanage. If you know anything about orphanages in the 1950's & '60's, they were not integrated. In fact, I believe orphanages for non white children did not exist at that time. Instead, non white orphans were farmed out to relatives or homes who would care for non white children. Second: handing out drugs or tranquilizers as depicted in Queen's Gambit is ridiculous. A child would barely be treated for fever in an orphanage let alone for purposes of control or sedation. Third: A child wandering unsupervised through the orphanage, ultimately becoming educated in chess by janitorial staff, would have been impossible at that time. Kids were 100% regimented and supervised in orphanages. So these basic premises are unresearched and ridiculous. An additional anachronism in the show (minor but stick out to older persons) is the introduction of a hand held hairdryer in the show. Hand held hairdryers were not commonly available until late in the 1970's. So, the narrative is disappointingly unrealistic for persons familiar with orphanages in the 50's & 60's. Pure fantasy.