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"With some people, chess is a pastime." "With others, it is a compulsion,
even an addiction." "And every now and then,
a person comes along for whom it is a birthright." "Now and then, a small boy appears
and dazzles us with his precocity, at what may be
the world's most difficult game." "But what if that boy were a girl?" "A young, unsmiling girl, with brown eyes,
red hair, and a dark blue dress?" We started a chess club
even an addiction." "And every now and then,
a person comes along for whom it is a birthright." "Now and then, a small boy appears
and dazzles us with his precocity, at what may be
the world's most difficult game." "But what if that boy were a girl?" "A young, unsmiling girl, with brown eyes,
red hair, and a dark blue dress?" We started a chess club
Full Transcript
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"With some people, chess is a pastime."
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"With others, it is a compulsion,
even an addiction."
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"And every now and then,
a person comes along
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for whom it is a birthright."
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"Now and then, a small boy appears
and dazzles us with his precocity,
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at what may be
the world's most difficult game."
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"But what if that boy were a girl?"
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"A young, unsmiling girl, with brown eyes,
red hair, and a dark blue dress?"
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We started a chess club.
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Movie Summary
Orphaned at the tender age of nine, prodigious introvert Beth Harmon discovers and masters the game of chess in 1960s USA. But child stardom comes at a price.