3 episodes in and I still haven't been told anything about chess, what makes her a strong player and so on, I had hopes as the show started by naming the openings and I felt maybe ideas of the game would be mentioned and also impact the plot, we get nothing only name droping chess lingo to make her seem good at chess, it also doesn't help that they couldn't be bothered to get the position of the opening that the title is named after(it gets mentioned in episode 1),her rise is also too fast and i can somehow excuse this as it being fiction and all but it just seems too ludicrous, within months of playing beth can beat a chess coach (which should be nearly impossible as she has only learnt a portion of the game namely the opening, she hasn't learnt the middle or endgame which already is a very big skill difference ) then we get to the chess tournament stage, I can excuse the first tournament even though it felt very lackluster and downright impossible, the second tournament threw me off more, she is to play a 2 hour game without prior experience or even an inkling of preparation for something so mentally demanding and she does so quickly and easily against a top player I just can't bring myself to believe it and this has nothing to do with her gender no human can do that. in short we haven't learnt anything about her chess how her personality affects her playstyle or anything on chess in general it is a sport show about an athlete without us knowing anything about what approach said athlete takes in conquering the sport, a lot of unexplored aspects of the game were missed.

aside the chess it is a good show i guess but I feel at the very least the ideas and principles of chess should have been mentioned and the matches given more care.