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by John » Wed Dec 23, 2020 05:25 pm
Well, there are 2 sisters, Judit and Susan Polgar from Hungary, who are 2 of the strongest female players in the world.Judit has long been the number one female chess player. As far as I know though, they never had all the personal problems with drugs and alcohol that "Beth Harmon" did in the series.
There were some major differences between the characters in "Searching For Bobby Fischer" the real-life people it was based on. I know that through the books that all 3 main characters wrote. (But don't get me started on that.) One of the big problems I had with the movie was that you could never get a good look at the positions on the board. If they ever did, I could freeze it and study it, but they never once showed the whole board.
I can well imagine that chess players love the series. If it's that popular, I can't imagine that they wouldn't try to extend it or make a sequel, or create something similar. Chess is touched on in tons of movies but it's not usually a big part of the plot. Chess players are starved for stuff like that. John