Creating The Queen's Gambit

Kentucky, 1957. After the death of her mother, 9-year-old Elizabeth Harmon is left an orphan and sent to a Catholic orphanage. In this institution, children are regularly given “vitamins”, and on the advice of another ward, Beth leaves green capsules at night. There, the girl meets an elderly janitor, Shaibel, whom she asks to teach her how to play chess. During the day, having escaped from boring classes under the pretext of washing a rag, Beth plays with Mr. Scheibel in his basement utility room, and at night, after taking a green capsule, she plays chess games on the ceiling of the shared bedroom. In a few years, the girl will be adopted, she will begin a completely different life, but the main role in it will be played by her love of chess.