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- [CLOCK TICKING FAINTLY]
- [WATER LAPPING]
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[MUFFLED] Mom!
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[TICKING GROWS LOUDER]
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[UNEASY MUSIC PLAYING]
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[WATER SPLASHES]
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[MUSIC CONTINUES UNDER TICKING SOUND]
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- [CHESS CLOCK BUTTON CLICKS]
- [TICKING STOPS]
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[JOYFUL ORCHESTRAL MUSIC PLAYING]
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Well, now.
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[CHUCKLES]
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Welcome.
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[THOUGHTFUL PIANO MUSIC PLAYING]
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- [WOMAN ON TV] Got a cigarette, Doctor?
- [DOCTOR ON TV] Sorry, I...
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[TV CLICKS OFF]
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I asked for a pleasant room,
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and I believe they gave me one.
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[LAUGHING]
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[ELEVATOR BELL DINGS]
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[INDISTINCT CONVERSATIONS]
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- I'm Beth.
- Harmon. Kentucky State Champion.
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Nice to meet you.
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There are two games a day,
and the time control is 120/40.
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You get two hours to make 40 moves.
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Welcome to Cincinnati.
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Thank you.
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And the rook comes to the seventh rank.
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That right there...
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that is a bone in the throat.
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Guy takes one look at this,
he pays up, 20 bucks.
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The Caro-Kann Defense, genuine bummer.
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What's wrong with Caro-Kann?
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It's all pawns and no hope.
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Here, look, I'll show you,
all right? This is Caro-Kann.
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- [CHESS PIECES CLATTER]
- I'd take the knight.
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You're, um...
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Aren't you that kid from Kentucky
who wiped out Harry Beltik?
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If you take his knight,
then you double his pawns.
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Big deal. Like I said, it's all pawns...
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and no hope.
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Let me show you how you win with Black.
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Watch this.
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What does White do here?
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- [BETH, MAN 1] Queen takes pawn.
- [MAN 2] Queen takes pawn.
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Rook to king eight. Check.
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Queen falls.
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- That's Mieses-Reshevsky.
- [MAN 2] Yeah.
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- [MAN 1] From the '30s.
- Very good. Margate, 1935.
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- White played rook to queen one.
- What else has he got?
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All right, I gotta go.
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Hey, you know what?
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Reshevsky, he was playing like that...
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back when he was your age, little girl.
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Or even younger.
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Are you playing?
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Oh, what, here?
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Nah, nah.
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Just come through, see some old friends.
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And plus, playing too many opens...
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it can only hurt me,
you know what I mean?
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Good luck.
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- Hello.
- Hello.
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Beth Harmon. Where am I playing?
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It's table 15, right over there.
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- Thank you.
- You're welcome.
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- Beth Harmon.
- Shit.
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- [BETH] Hey!
- [MAN] Stupid...
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- Harmon?
- What are you two doing here?
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Losing mostly.
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We're on the university team now.
Second and third alternate.
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Oh, I'm sorry we won't get to play.
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[SCOFFS] We're not. You destroy
everyone you play, Harmon.
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- I can only lose so much.
- [CHUCKLES] That's the truth.
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- [MRS. WHEATLEY LAUGHING]
- I said slow down!
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[MAN SPEAKS INDISTINCTLY ON TV]
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[WOMAN 1] Isn't that skating
rink a little close
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to the bowling alley?
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- [MRS. WHEATLEY LAUGHING]
- Do you mind?
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- [LAUGHING] Sorry.
- [WOMAN 2] It works out. You see, it...
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It keeps the bowlers cool,
and you automatically...
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[TV VOLUME LOWERS]
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What are you doing?
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[BETH] Replaying my earlier games.
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What on earth for?
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Looking for weaknesses in my play.
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[TV CONTINUES SOFTLY]
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I see.
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And?
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[BETH] There aren't any.
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Good girl.
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- [GENTLE ORCHESTRAL MUSIC PLAYING]
- [CHESS PIECES CLACKING]
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[ONLOOKERS APPLAUDING]
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It's so much more
exciting than I imagined.
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Did you watch the whole game?
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- Of course.
- [MAN] Beth.
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When he brought out his rook,
then took that pawn...
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I thought you were done for.
I should have known better.
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Yes, you should have.
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[MAN CHUCKLES]
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Elizabeth,
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aren't you going to introduce
me to your friends?
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[BETH] Sorry.
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Matt, Mike, this is my mom.
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Mike, nice to meet you.
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- Nice to meet you.
- And I'm Matt.
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- Mm. A pleasure.
- [MATT] Nice to meet you.
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Well, I don't know about you
young people, but I'm famished.
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There's a restaurant in the hotel lobby.
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Mm. Show us the way?
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Sure.
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I can't make up my mind
which one is more handsome.
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I'd like to play in the US Open.
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You might win it.
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Would that lead to playing abroad?
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In Europe, I mean?
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No reason why not. They have to
know you before they invite you.
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Would winning the Open
make them know about me?
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[MATT] Hell yes!
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Benny Watts plays in Europe all the time
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now that he has his international title.
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How's the prize money?
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- [MATT] Pretty good, I think.
- Hm? What's pretty good?
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More than in the States.
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What about Russia?
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The Soviets are murder.
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They eat Americans for breakfast there.
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I don't think there's been an American
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with a prayer against them in 20 years.
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It's like ballet.
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They pay people to play chess.
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We should probably go.
We don't wanna be late.
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This one's for all the marbles.
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Five hundred of them to be exact.
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[THRILLING MUSIC PLAYING QUIETLY]
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[MATT] That's Rudolph. He's a master.
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- [CHESS CLOCK BUTTON CLICKS]
- [CLOCK TICKING]
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Beth cannot be happy about
being crowded into an ending
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with a rook, a knight, and three pawns.
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It's so complicated.
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[MATT] Uh-oh.
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And that's check.
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And that's mate.
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[ONLOOKERS APPLAUDING]
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I've allowed 12 dollars for our
celebration supper tonight,
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and two dollars for a small
breakfast in the morning.
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That makes our total
expenses, so far, $172.30.
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Which leaves over 300 dollars.
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Beth...
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I was thinking...
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perhaps you could give me 10%,
as an agent's commission?
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Let's make it 15%.
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Which would be 49 dollars and 54 cents.
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They told me at Methuen you
were marvelous at math.
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[MRS. WHEATLEY] "Schoolgirl
beats Grandmaster in Pittsburgh."
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"Onlookers were amazed at her
youthful fine points of strategy."
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"She shows the assurance
of a player twice her age."
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That's national recognition, dear.
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I'm afraid she's had a bit of a relapse.
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The doctor wants to keep her
in bed for a few more days.
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I'm sure she'll be better by Monday.
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One of the worst colds
I've ever seen in a child.
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The poor dear.
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[WHISPERING] We're gonna be late.
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Yeah.
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Lots of liquids.
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- Thank you.
- [FLIGHT ATTENDANT] You're welcome.
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There's a tournament in
Houston over the holidays,
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starting on the 26th.
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I understand it's very easy
to travel on Christmas Day
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since most people are home
eating plum pudding or whatever.
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[BETH] I saw that one, too.
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I believe we could fly to Houston,
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have a very pleasant winter
vacation in the sun.
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Do girly things.
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I hear they have a very lovely
beauty spa at the hotel.
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Yes, Mother.
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She has a fever of 101.
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- Must be the flu.
- [TV PLAYING INDISTINCTLY]
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She won't be back until
after the holidays.
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["25TH OF THE 12TH" BY
BILL COMPTON PLAYING]
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♪ On the 25th of the 12th ♪
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♪ The 25th of the 12th ♪
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♪ When Rudolph makes
his yearly ride... ♪
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They're calling you a wunderkind.
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I might have to start
keeping a scrapbook.
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How's your meal?
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This might be the best
Christmas I've ever had.
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[MRS. WHEATLEY LAUGHS]
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♪ ... and when it's time to say ♪
♪ Good night ♪
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♪ Then all the stars we trust ♪
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♪ Will sprinkle twinkle dust ♪
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♪ Over every flag of wine ♪
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♪ What a wonderful holiday ♪
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- ♪ With bells on every sleigh... ♪
- [COUGHS] It's good.
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Is that a martini?
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Gibson.
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I find the onion slightly
more refined than the olive.
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♪ If you'd ever wish yourself ♪
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♪ On the 25th of the 12th ♪
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♪ Santa will share his wealth ♪
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♪ On the 25th of the 12th this year ♪
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I should probably learn
how to speak Russian.
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Do they teach that at Fairfield?
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I'd have to take a night
class at the junior college.
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The kids would all be older than you.
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And by kids, I mean boys.
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[WOMAN] They say you're the real thing.
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That's it, honey, hold
it up so we can see it.
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So, can you tell the readers
of Life how it feels?
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I mean, to be a girl
among all those men?
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I don't mind it.
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[REPORTER] Isn't it intimidating?
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I mean, when I was a girl,
I wasn't allowed to be competitive.
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- I played with dolls.
- [CAMERA SHUTTER CLICKING]
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- Chess isn't always competitive.
- No, but you play to win.
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Yes, but chess can also be...
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What?
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Beautiful.
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You're an orphan, Beth.
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Yes, I know that.
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No, yes, of course you do. I was
wondering how you learned to play.
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- Mr. Shaibel taught me.
- [CAMERA SHUTTER CLICKING]
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He was the janitor at Methuen.
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A janitor taught you how to play?
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- Really?
- When I was eight.
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I imagine...
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it must have been such
a distraction from life
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in such a depressing place.
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You must have been very lonely.
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I'm fine being alone.
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Do you imagine that you
saw the king as a father,
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and the queen as a mother?
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I mean, one to attack, one to protect?
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They're just pieces.
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- [CAMERA SHUTTER CLICKS]
- And it was the board I noticed first.
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The board?
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[BETH] Yes.
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It's an entire world of just 64 squares.
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I feel...
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safe in it.
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I can control it, I can dominate it.
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And it's predictable.
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[CAMERA SHUTTER CLICKS]
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So, if I get hurt, I only
have myself to blame.
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[CAMERA SHUTTER CLICKS]
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How interesting.
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Tell me, Elizabeth.
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Have you ever heard of
something called apophenia?
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No, what's that?
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It's the finding of pattern or
meaning where other people don't.
251
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Sometimes, people with this condition
252
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get feelings of revelation or ecstasies.
253
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Sometimes, people find patterns or
meaning where there aren't any.
254
00:16:01,791 --> 00:16:03,921
Hm. What does that have to do with me?
255
00:16:04,000 --> 00:16:06,290
Creativity and psychosis
often go hand in hand.
256
00:16:06,375 --> 00:16:07,575
[CAMERA SHUTTER CLICKS]
257
00:16:07,666 --> 00:16:10,166
Or, for that matter, genius and madness.
258
00:16:10,833 --> 00:16:12,003
[CAMERA SHUTTER CLICKS]
259
00:16:13,250 --> 00:16:15,469
- You think I'm crazy?
- No, of course not.
260
00:16:15,470 --> 00:16:17,310
- I was just asking...
- I think that's enough.
261
00:16:18,000 --> 00:16:19,420
Beth has homework to finish.
262
00:16:19,958 --> 00:16:22,628
She is, after all, still a
young woman in school.
263
00:16:23,070 --> 00:16:24,760
Just like all the other kids her age.
264
00:16:24,780 --> 00:16:26,825
[REPORTER] Of course. [CLEARS THROAT]
265
00:16:27,250 --> 00:16:29,646
- It was an honor to meet you.
- Thanks.
266
00:16:31,083 --> 00:16:32,173
You know...
267
00:16:33,750 --> 00:16:35,330
you might try bridge.
268
00:16:35,410 --> 00:16:37,240
I hear a lot of chess players enjoy it.
269
00:16:37,260 --> 00:16:38,680
I'll show you out.
270
00:16:42,791 --> 00:16:43,831
[SIGHS IN ANNOYANCE]
271
00:16:44,375 --> 00:16:47,285
- [INDISTINCT CONVERSATIONS]
- [LIVE JAZZ MUSIC PLAYS SOFTLY]
272
00:16:47,875 --> 00:16:50,575
[MRS. WHEATLEY] "With some
people, chess is a pastime."
273
00:16:50,666 --> 00:16:53,576
"With others, it is a compulsion,
even an addiction."
274
00:16:54,250 --> 00:16:56,130
"And every now and then,
a person comes along
275
00:16:56,208 --> 00:16:57,458
for whom it is a birthright."
276
00:16:58,166 --> 00:17:01,916
"Now and then, a small boy appears
and dazzles us with his precocity,
277
00:17:02,000 --> 00:17:05,040
at what may be the world's
most difficult game."
278
00:17:05,125 --> 00:17:07,205
"But what if that boy were a girl?"
279
00:17:08,375 --> 00:17:11,146
"A young, unsmiling
girl, with brown eyes,
280
00:17:11,150 --> 00:17:13,380
red hair, and a dark blue dress?"
281
00:17:14,500 --> 00:17:15,830
We started a chess club.
282
00:17:16,333 --> 00:17:18,173
"Into the male-dominated world
283
00:17:18,250 --> 00:17:20,500
of the nation's top chess tournaments,
284
00:17:20,583 --> 00:17:24,043
strolls a teenage girl with
bright, intense eyes,
285
00:17:24,125 --> 00:17:26,915
from Fairfield High School
in Lexington, Kentucky."
286
00:17:27,000 --> 00:17:29,330
"She is quiet, well-mannered,
287
00:17:30,000 --> 00:17:31,170
and out for blood."
288
00:17:32,458 --> 00:17:33,458
"Beth Harmon... "
289
00:17:34,416 --> 00:17:35,416
[COUGHING]
290
00:17:37,208 --> 00:17:38,248
[SNIFFS]
291
00:17:38,333 --> 00:17:39,333
Where was I?
292
00:17:40,958 --> 00:17:42,248
It's all Greek, all of a sudden.
293
00:17:42,333 --> 00:17:44,423
It's okay, I've heard enough.
294
00:17:47,291 --> 00:17:50,921
I don't know why my body is so
intent on sabotaging my brain,
295
00:17:51,000 --> 00:17:53,750
when my brain is perfectly
capable of sabotaging itself.
296
00:17:57,375 --> 00:17:59,075
It's mostly about my being a girl.
297
00:17:59,166 --> 00:18:00,416
Well, you are one.
298
00:18:00,500 --> 00:18:02,080
It shouldn't be that important.
299
00:18:03,625 --> 00:18:05,285
They didn't print half
the things I said.
300
00:18:05,375 --> 00:18:07,125
They didn't tell about Mr. Shaibel,
301
00:18:07,208 --> 00:18:10,288
and they didn't say anything
about how I play the Sicilian.
302
00:18:11,666 --> 00:18:13,576
Beth, dear, it makes you a celebrity.
303
00:18:13,666 --> 00:18:15,326
Yeah, for being a girl.
304
00:18:15,416 --> 00:18:16,416
[COUGHS]
305
00:18:21,333 --> 00:18:24,213
Did you ever think maybe it's the
drinking that's making you sick?
306
00:18:25,041 --> 00:18:26,041
Oh, please.
307
00:18:26,750 --> 00:18:28,880
I've flirted with alcohol
most of my life.
308
00:18:29,500 --> 00:18:33,000
If anything, I think it's high time
I consummated the relationship.
309
00:18:34,750 --> 00:18:35,750
To motherhood.
310
00:18:44,083 --> 00:18:45,083
Beth?
311
00:18:46,666 --> 00:18:47,916
We're having a pledge party,
312
00:18:48,000 --> 00:18:49,420
Friday night, my house.
313
00:18:50,000 --> 00:18:51,880
The other Apple Pis
asked me to invite you.
314
00:18:53,166 --> 00:18:55,166
- Friday night?
- 7:30.
315
00:18:56,125 --> 00:18:57,125
Can you make it?
316
00:18:59,958 --> 00:19:01,958
[PENSIVE MUSIC PLAYING]
317
00:19:49,910 --> 00:19:52,028
[GIRL] It was really something
to see you in the newspaper
318
00:19:52,030 --> 00:19:53,246
all those times.
319
00:19:53,750 --> 00:19:56,710
All those places you've been,
which was your favorite?
320
00:19:56,791 --> 00:19:57,881
I liked Houston.
321
00:20:02,875 --> 00:20:07,205
But now that my rating's up to
1800, I hope to go to Las Vegas
322
00:20:07,291 --> 00:20:09,581
to play in the US Open next month.
323
00:20:09,666 --> 00:20:11,206
What about the boys?
324
00:20:11,833 --> 00:20:12,963
Are they good-looking?
325
00:20:13,500 --> 00:20:14,710
Do you date any of them?
326
00:20:15,875 --> 00:20:19,075
- There's not really much time for that.
- But if you had the time...
327
00:20:20,000 --> 00:20:22,330
is there anyone you've
met that you'd like to...
328
00:20:23,291 --> 00:20:25,751
- trade rooks with, or whatever?
- [GIRLS TITTERING]
329
00:20:27,208 --> 00:20:29,668
I mean, I trade rooks all
the time, but it's not...
330
00:20:29,750 --> 00:20:30,920
[GIRLS LAUGHING]
331
00:20:31,000 --> 00:20:32,210
I bet you do.
332
00:20:32,291 --> 00:20:33,811
[MAN ON TV] Now, ladies and gentlemen,
333
00:20:33,875 --> 00:20:36,745
Hullabaloo proudly presents your
favorite band from Turtle Creek...
334
00:20:36,833 --> 00:20:38,543
- Thank you, Dora.
- ... The Vogues!
335
00:20:38,625 --> 00:20:40,745
- Who wants a cupcake?
- [GIRLS] Yes, please.
336
00:20:40,833 --> 00:20:42,583
["YOU'RE THE ONE" BY THE
VOGUES PLAYS ON TV]
337
00:20:42,666 --> 00:20:44,376
I love this song. Turn it up.
338
00:20:48,166 --> 00:20:51,036
[GIRLS SINGING ALONG TO BAND]
♪ Every time we meet ♪
339
00:20:51,125 --> 00:20:53,955
♪ Everything is sweet ♪
340
00:20:54,041 --> 00:20:57,751
♪ Oh, you're so tender ♪
♪ I must surrender ♪
341
00:20:57,833 --> 00:21:00,833
♪ My love is your love ♪
♪ Now and forever ♪
342
00:21:00,916 --> 00:21:04,076
♪ You're the one that I long to kiss ♪
343
00:21:04,166 --> 00:21:07,376
♪ Baby ♪
♪ You're the one that I really miss ♪
344
00:21:07,458 --> 00:21:10,498
♪ You're the one that I'm dreaming of ♪
345
00:21:10,583 --> 00:21:12,753
♪ Baby, you're the one that I love... ♪
346
00:21:12,833 --> 00:21:14,293
I'm gonna use the bathroom.
347
00:21:16,416 --> 00:21:19,576
♪ Keep me in your heart ♪
348
00:21:19,666 --> 00:21:22,416
♪ Never let us part ♪
349
00:21:22,500 --> 00:21:24,080
♪ Ooh, never leave me ♪
350
00:21:24,166 --> 00:21:26,166
♪ Please don't deceive me ♪
351
00:21:26,250 --> 00:21:27,380
♪ I want you only ♪
352
00:21:27,458 --> 00:21:29,168
♪ You must believe me ♪
353
00:21:29,250 --> 00:21:32,040
♪ You're the one that I long to kiss ♪
354
00:21:32,125 --> 00:21:34,915
♪ Baby ♪
♪ You're the one that I really miss ♪
355
00:21:35,000 --> 00:21:38,540
- ♪ Yeah, yeah, yeah ♪
- ♪ You're the one that I'm dreamin' of ♪
356
00:21:38,625 --> 00:21:42,535
♪ Baby, you're the one that I love ♪
357
00:21:44,333 --> 00:21:47,003
♪ I adore you ♪
♪ And no one before you ♪
358
00:21:47,083 --> 00:21:50,923
♪ Could make me feel this way, yay ♪
359
00:21:51,000 --> 00:21:53,460
♪ Since I met you ♪
♪ I just can't forget you ♪
360
00:21:53,541 --> 00:21:57,081
♪ I love you more each day ♪
361
00:21:57,166 --> 00:21:58,916
♪ Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah ♪
362
00:22:01,666 --> 00:22:04,126
♪ The one ♪
363
00:22:04,208 --> 00:22:06,418
- [SINGERS VOCALIZING]
- [GUITAR RIFF PLAYING]
364
00:22:12,291 --> 00:22:15,501
♪ There may be some tears ♪
365
00:22:15,583 --> 00:22:18,293
♪ Through the comin' years ♪
366
00:22:18,375 --> 00:22:21,995
♪ Ooh, all the while ♪
♪ I know you'll be smilin' ♪
367
00:22:22,083 --> 00:22:25,133
♪ Your love will guide me ♪
♪ Through every mile 'cause ♪
368
00:22:25,208 --> 00:22:27,918
♪ You're the one that I long to kiss ♪
369
00:22:28,000 --> 00:22:30,630
♪ Baby ♪
♪ You're the one that I really miss ♪
370
00:22:30,708 --> 00:22:34,418
- ♪ Yeah, yeah, yeah ♪
- ♪ You're the one that I'm dreamin' of ♪
371
00:22:34,500 --> 00:22:37,170
♪ Baby, you're the one that I love ♪
372
00:22:37,250 --> 00:22:40,830
♪ Yeah, yeah ♪
♪ You're the one that I long to kiss ♪
373
00:22:40,916 --> 00:22:44,536
♪ Baby ♪
♪ You're the one that I really miss ♪
374
00:22:44,625 --> 00:22:47,325
♪ You're the one that I'm dreamin' of ♪
375
00:22:47,416 --> 00:22:51,416
♪ Baby, you're the one that I love ♪
376
00:22:54,333 --> 00:22:55,963
[UPBEAT '60S FUNK MUSIC PLAYING]
377
00:23:56,666 --> 00:23:57,666
[MAN] Harmon?
378
00:23:59,041 --> 00:24:00,041
Townes?
379
00:24:00,500 --> 00:24:01,500
That is you.
380
00:24:02,708 --> 00:24:04,288
My stars! You look...
381
00:24:06,291 --> 00:24:07,291
Wow!
382
00:24:07,890 --> 00:24:08,923
Thanks.
383
00:24:09,000 --> 00:24:10,540
[CHUCKLES] You're welcome.
384
00:24:12,791 --> 00:24:14,351
I thought we might bump into each other
385
00:24:14,416 --> 00:24:16,536
when I saw your name
on the tournament list.
386
00:24:16,625 --> 00:24:18,495
- I didn't see yours.
- I'm not playing.
387
00:24:19,000 --> 00:24:20,880
Chess Review sent me to write it up.
388
00:24:21,791 --> 00:24:24,581
Must confess, I was hoping
to see you here last year.
389
00:24:24,666 --> 00:24:25,826
I was supposed to.
390
00:24:25,916 --> 00:24:28,076
I even paid the fee,
but my mother got sick.
391
00:24:28,583 --> 00:24:31,003
- And I didn't want to come alone.
- She all right?
392
00:24:31,300 --> 00:24:32,330
Fine.
393
00:24:32,416 --> 00:24:33,876
I should have come on my own,
394
00:24:33,950 --> 00:24:36,550
but I told myself that the
Open's not as important
395
00:24:36,570 --> 00:24:37,720
as the US Championships.
396
00:24:37,750 --> 00:24:39,210
Oh, no. No, it's not.
397
00:24:40,125 --> 00:24:41,495
But I'm sure glad you came.
398
00:24:42,666 --> 00:24:44,376
It's probably a good idea for me to play
399
00:24:44,458 --> 00:24:46,918
in something other than the
events I pick for the money.
400
00:24:47,000 --> 00:24:50,630
- Looks like you're making a lot.
- Yeah, I guess so.
401
00:24:50,708 --> 00:24:51,708
[TOWNES CHUCKLES]
402
00:24:52,250 --> 00:24:55,960
Still, you could become a
world-class player, be a real pro.
403
00:24:56,458 --> 00:24:59,128
- I started taking Russian at night.
- Oh, that's smart.
404
00:24:59,750 --> 00:25:01,130
[BETH] Don't wanna plateau.
405
00:25:01,625 --> 00:25:05,125
[TOWNES] No, plateaus are the worst.
406
00:25:05,208 --> 00:25:08,038
And you're far too old to be
called a prodigy anymore.
407
00:25:11,250 --> 00:25:13,330
I should do something on
you for the magazine.
408
00:25:13,833 --> 00:25:16,423
- I was on the cover last month.
- Of course.
409
00:25:16,500 --> 00:25:19,380
I must have got it mixed up
with the one in Life magazine.
410
00:25:21,416 --> 00:25:23,246
I also work for the Herald-Leader.
411
00:25:23,333 --> 00:25:24,350
In Lexington?
412
00:25:24,360 --> 00:25:26,280
I could do a half-page on
you for Sunday's paper.
413
00:25:26,291 --> 00:25:29,331
- Won't be as big a deal as Life, but...
- Yeah, sure.
414
00:25:30,416 --> 00:25:31,416
If you want to.
415
00:25:31,958 --> 00:25:33,378
I got a camera in my room.
416
00:25:34,333 --> 00:25:35,333
In your room?
417
00:25:36,583 --> 00:25:38,543
Chess boards, too. We could play.
418
00:25:40,000 --> 00:25:41,000
Okay.
419
00:25:42,083 --> 00:25:43,083
Let's go up.
420
00:25:45,500 --> 00:25:47,500
[MUSIC CONTINUES]
421
00:26:01,250 --> 00:26:02,250
[DOOR CLOSES]
422
00:26:10,291 --> 00:26:12,171
Why don't you sit over by the window?
423
00:26:16,166 --> 00:26:18,786
- Uh, may I...
- Oh, yeah, just toss them.
424
00:26:18,875 --> 00:26:19,995
[FILM LOADS IN CAMERA]
425
00:26:27,041 --> 00:26:28,381
[CAMERA SHUTTER CLICKS]
426
00:26:29,750 --> 00:26:30,790
I wasn't ready.
427
00:26:32,060 --> 00:26:33,104
You look great.
428
00:26:33,125 --> 00:26:34,285
[CAMERA SHUTTER CLICKS]
429
00:26:37,291 --> 00:26:38,291
Scooch to your left.
430
00:26:41,958 --> 00:26:43,038
That's right.
431
00:26:44,000 --> 00:26:45,580
- [FILM LOADING]
- [BETH CHUCKLES]
432
00:26:47,666 --> 00:26:48,666
Say...
433
00:26:49,416 --> 00:26:50,456
"Ruy Lopez."
434
00:26:51,291 --> 00:26:53,581
- [CAMERA SHUTTER CLICKS]
- [LAUGHS]
435
00:26:55,083 --> 00:26:56,083
[FILM LOADING]
436
00:26:59,375 --> 00:27:00,665
[CAMERA SHUTTER CLICKS]
437
00:27:00,750 --> 00:27:02,080
You could go by the board.
438
00:27:11,083 --> 00:27:12,083
Okay.
439
00:27:12,500 --> 00:27:14,000
I see you've done this before.
440
00:27:17,291 --> 00:27:18,461
Do you want me to play?
441
00:27:18,541 --> 00:27:20,171
Sure. Black to move.
442
00:27:22,208 --> 00:27:24,168
- [CAMERA SHUTTER CLICKS]
- [FILM LOADING]
443
00:27:24,250 --> 00:27:25,250
All right, slow down.
444
00:27:29,166 --> 00:27:30,456
[CAMERA SHUTTER CLICKS]
445
00:27:30,541 --> 00:27:31,581
[FILM LOADING]
446
00:27:33,041 --> 00:27:34,671
Yeah, that's more my-my speed.
447
00:27:39,125 --> 00:27:40,125
Um...
448
00:27:47,000 --> 00:27:49,130
- You've grown up, Harmon.
- [CAMERA SHUTTER CLICKS]
449
00:27:49,208 --> 00:27:50,208
[FILM LOADING]
450
00:27:50,291 --> 00:27:51,921
You've even gotten good-looking.
451
00:27:54,708 --> 00:27:58,168
- I don't even know your first name.
- Everyone calls me Townes.
452
00:27:58,916 --> 00:28:02,376
Maybe that's why I call you
Harmon, instead of Elizabeth.
453
00:28:02,458 --> 00:28:04,378
- [CAMERA SHUTTER CLICKS]
- It's Beth.
454
00:28:05,250 --> 00:28:06,250
[FILM LOADING]
455
00:28:06,583 --> 00:28:07,583
I like Harmon.
456
00:28:19,708 --> 00:28:21,078
[BETH CLEARS THROAT SOFTLY]
457
00:28:50,833 --> 00:28:51,923
[DOOR OPENS]
458
00:28:53,666 --> 00:28:55,876
- Oh, hi.
- [DOOR CLOSES]
459
00:28:55,958 --> 00:28:58,458
- Roger.
- [ROGER] I'm not interrupting, am I?
460
00:28:59,541 --> 00:29:01,711
Th-That's okay. Uh, we're just...
461
00:29:03,541 --> 00:29:05,461
Beth Harmon, this is Roger Dione.
462
00:29:06,125 --> 00:29:08,125
Harmon? The chess prodigy.
463
00:29:09,083 --> 00:29:11,083
- I've heard so much about you.
- Nice to meet you.
464
00:29:11,166 --> 00:29:13,786
[TOWNES] I thought you were
gonna play some baccarat?
465
00:29:14,333 --> 00:29:17,543
[ROGER] Thought I'd quit while I was
behind and go read by the pool.
466
00:29:17,625 --> 00:29:20,205
You two carry on.
I'll be gone in a minute.
467
00:29:20,291 --> 00:29:21,791
- [HAND SLAPS]
- [ROGER CHUCKLES]
468
00:29:24,208 --> 00:29:25,328
[BELT BUCKLE CLINKING]
469
00:29:26,625 --> 00:29:27,625
[UNZIPPING]
470
00:29:28,583 --> 00:29:30,003
- Let's play chess.
- Okay.
471
00:29:34,625 --> 00:29:36,125
[CLEARS THROAT] Thanks.
472
00:29:39,166 --> 00:29:40,826
[CHESS PIECES CLATTER SOFTLY]
473
00:29:42,791 --> 00:29:43,791
[TOWNES] Right.
474
00:29:45,750 --> 00:29:47,210
- Here we go.
- [CHUCKLES]
475
00:29:49,958 --> 00:29:51,358
[ROGER] Pleasure to meet you, Beth.
476
00:29:52,250 --> 00:29:53,250
You too.
477
00:29:54,958 --> 00:29:56,128
Dinner's at nine.
478
00:29:57,833 --> 00:29:58,833
Don't forget.
479
00:30:04,291 --> 00:30:05,331
[DOOR CLOSES]
480
00:30:07,625 --> 00:30:10,285
[MAN ON TV] Marge, did your
aunt leave you everything?
481
00:30:11,166 --> 00:30:12,526
[WOMAN ON TV] I was her only heir.
482
00:30:12,583 --> 00:30:13,963
Where have you been, honey?
483
00:30:14,500 --> 00:30:16,540
You've been gone for hours.
484
00:30:16,625 --> 00:30:19,455
- Playing chess.
- [WOMAN] I don't wanna talk about it.
485
00:30:19,541 --> 00:30:21,171
- Practicing.
- [MAN] Okay.
486
00:30:21,250 --> 00:30:24,000
- [TV CONTINUES INDISTINCTLY]
- [MRS. WHEATLEY] That's all?
487
00:30:24,791 --> 00:30:26,791
Yeah, that's all.
488
00:30:27,375 --> 00:30:30,705
[MAN] Well, it's the perfume I
use that makes me smell so nice.
489
00:30:31,541 --> 00:30:33,751
Do me a favor and hand
me a beer on the desk?
490
00:30:35,916 --> 00:30:36,956
[WOMAN] What do you want?
491
00:30:37,541 --> 00:30:40,251
[MAN] I think I've got one.
I think I've got a gimmick.
492
00:30:41,666 --> 00:30:44,326
A gimmick is an angle
that works for you.
493
00:30:44,416 --> 00:30:46,746
To keep you from working
too hard for yourself.
494
00:30:47,600 --> 00:30:48,630
Simple.
495
00:30:48,650 --> 00:30:50,312
[WOMAN] Specifically,
what is your angle?
496
00:30:50,333 --> 00:30:51,503
[MAN] Specifically...
497
00:30:53,708 --> 00:30:55,418
I suppose you've never had beer.
498
00:30:57,750 --> 00:30:59,250
- [WOMAN] All right, Sam.
- Here.
499
00:31:02,958 --> 00:31:03,958
[WOMAN] Come here.
500
00:31:07,166 --> 00:31:09,286
My father used to work
here as a mill hand.
501
00:31:09,729 --> 00:31:10,854
[MAN] So did mine.
502
00:31:10,860 --> 00:31:13,021
- When he was sober.
- Whoa, whoa, whoa.
503
00:31:13,040 --> 00:31:14,293
Not so fast.
504
00:31:14,375 --> 00:31:15,415
[MAN] Now, you're even.
505
00:31:16,000 --> 00:31:17,130
[WOMAN] Now, I'm even.
506
00:31:17,916 --> 00:31:21,076
I was 21 when I took it over.
It had 3,000 workers then.
507
00:31:21,166 --> 00:31:22,706
It's got 30,000 now.
508
00:31:23,333 --> 00:31:26,213
Ran as far as that gate, now it goes
down to the edge of the river.
509
00:31:27,208 --> 00:31:28,748
And I did it all by myself.
510
00:31:29,666 --> 00:31:31,916
- Without Walter, without...
- I'd like another.
511
00:31:33,208 --> 00:31:35,668
- [WOMAN] All by myself.
- You really shouldn't.
512
00:31:35,750 --> 00:31:37,710
[MAN] Half of this should
make quite a score.
513
00:31:39,958 --> 00:31:40,958
All right.
514
00:31:41,458 --> 00:31:43,708
But if you're gonna have
one, get me one, too.
515
00:31:44,208 --> 00:31:45,828
[MAN] That's what I had in mind.
516
00:31:46,958 --> 00:31:49,038
[WOMAN] You went out of
here a dirty kid once before,
517
00:31:49,041 --> 00:31:50,291
that can happen again.
518
00:31:51,083 --> 00:31:53,463
[MAN ON COMMERCIAL]
Escape from clothesline drudgery,
519
00:31:53,541 --> 00:31:55,211
but listen to Jinx first.
520
00:31:55,660 --> 00:31:57,348
[WOMAN ON COMMERCIAL]
When you buy your dryer,
521
00:31:57,350 --> 00:31:59,040
be sure you get the best kind,
522
00:31:59,125 --> 00:32:00,575
a gas dryer.
523
00:32:00,666 --> 00:32:03,626
Your most delicate fabrics
are safe in a gas dryer.
524
00:32:05,583 --> 00:32:10,003
See? A gentle stream of warm air
sends the clothes' moisture away.
525
00:32:12,833 --> 00:32:14,833
[PENSIVE MUSIC PLAYING]
526
00:32:20,541 --> 00:32:23,381
[BETH] My first match was
against this guy from Oklahoma.
527
00:32:24,916 --> 00:32:26,666
It was all over in two dozen moves.
528
00:32:26,750 --> 00:32:27,750
Ouch.
529
00:32:28,125 --> 00:32:30,455
Then, this guy from San Francisco.
530
00:32:31,083 --> 00:32:32,133
I played the Marshall.
531
00:32:33,875 --> 00:32:37,285
Um, sacrificed my queen, the way
that Paul Morphy did one time.
532
00:32:37,375 --> 00:32:38,915
Mm-hm. One more.
533
00:32:40,083 --> 00:32:41,083
What about, um...
534
00:32:41,916 --> 00:32:43,786
What's his name?
The one you told me about.
535
00:32:43,875 --> 00:32:45,035
Bobby something?
536
00:32:45,125 --> 00:32:48,415
- Benny Watts.
- Yes, him.
537
00:32:48,500 --> 00:32:50,040
No losses, but one draw.
538
00:32:50,583 --> 00:32:53,543
Queens Gambit Declined
is so well respected.
539
00:32:53,625 --> 00:32:55,575
[BETH] I've seen him a couple of times.
540
00:32:56,458 --> 00:32:57,668
Always got a crowd around him.
541
00:32:57,750 --> 00:33:00,250
Well, of course, he's the US Champion.
542
00:33:00,333 --> 00:33:01,333
He's Benny Watts.
543
00:33:01,375 --> 00:33:02,375
[LAUGHS]
544
00:33:03,375 --> 00:33:05,775
[BETH] Some people say he's the
most talented American player
545
00:33:05,791 --> 00:33:06,791
since Morphy.
546
00:33:07,583 --> 00:33:09,633
I read about a game he
played in Copenhagen,
547
00:33:09,708 --> 00:33:11,208
a draw against Najdorf.
548
00:33:11,875 --> 00:33:13,125
That was in 1948,
549
00:33:13,208 --> 00:33:15,328
which means that Benny
was eight years old.
550
00:33:16,583 --> 00:33:18,030
I've seen a picture of him at 13
551
00:33:18,050 --> 00:33:19,923
in front of a whole bunch of sailors.
552
00:33:20,458 --> 00:33:23,418
He played against the entire team
at Annapolis without losing a game.
553
00:33:23,500 --> 00:33:25,330
Sounds like someone else I know.
554
00:33:26,125 --> 00:33:28,915
When I was nine, I was playing
Mr. Shaibel in the basement.
555
00:33:30,166 --> 00:33:32,706
Anyway, I'm not afraid of him.
556
00:33:32,791 --> 00:33:35,171
I don't suppose there's
anyone you're afraid of.
557
00:33:36,958 --> 00:33:38,708
There is one player that scares me.
558
00:33:40,625 --> 00:33:41,625
Who?
559
00:33:42,416 --> 00:33:43,416
The Russian.
560
00:33:45,416 --> 00:33:46,416
Borgov.
561
00:33:46,750 --> 00:33:49,920
[BENNY] It's a lot more of a
dynamic game than the Caro.
562
00:33:50,000 --> 00:33:52,960
Which is not the case
with QGD versus Slav.
563
00:33:56,250 --> 00:33:57,460
[COINS CLANKING]
564
00:34:04,541 --> 00:34:05,541
You're Beth Harmon.
565
00:34:07,166 --> 00:34:08,166
[BETH] Yes.
566
00:34:10,041 --> 00:34:11,251
I saw the piece in Life.
567
00:34:13,160 --> 00:34:14,920
Game they printed,
that was a pretty one.
568
00:34:14,940 --> 00:34:16,326
The one with you and Beltik.
569
00:34:16,833 --> 00:34:17,833
[BETH] Thank you.
570
00:34:19,208 --> 00:34:21,128
I'm, uh, Benny Watts.
571
00:34:21,208 --> 00:34:22,208
[BETH] I know.
572
00:34:22,958 --> 00:34:25,378
We met a couple of years
ago in Cincinnati.
573
00:34:25,458 --> 00:34:27,038
Didn't meet, but we spoke.
574
00:34:28,541 --> 00:34:30,711
- Cincinnati?
- You didn't play that year.
575
00:34:32,208 --> 00:34:34,578
Okay, I'll take your word for it.
576
00:34:35,916 --> 00:34:37,166
Guess I'll see you tomorrow.
577
00:34:38,291 --> 00:34:39,671
You shouldn't have castled.
578
00:34:42,125 --> 00:34:43,375
In your game with Beltik.
579
00:34:46,375 --> 00:34:47,825
I needed to get the rook out.
580
00:34:48,916 --> 00:34:51,036
Well, you could have
lost your advantage.
581
00:34:52,625 --> 00:34:53,625
I don't think so.
582
00:34:56,708 --> 00:34:59,538
He plays pawn-takes-pawn.
You can't take back.
583
00:35:01,458 --> 00:35:02,998
- Wait a minute.
- I can't.
584
00:35:03,083 --> 00:35:05,833
I got an adjournment I gotta go
play. But set it up, think it out.
585
00:35:06,500 --> 00:35:08,710
Your problem is your queen knight.
586
00:35:08,791 --> 00:35:12,461
I don't want to set it
up and think it out.
587
00:35:19,375 --> 00:35:21,375
[PENSIVE MUSIC PLAYING]
588
00:35:40,041 --> 00:35:41,729
[BETH] Beltik could have beat me.
589
00:35:42,360 --> 00:35:43,396
But he didn't.
590
00:35:43,416 --> 00:35:45,326
Yes, but he could have.
591
00:35:45,416 --> 00:35:47,286
What's worse is I didn't even see it.
592
00:35:48,041 --> 00:35:51,461
Benny Watts, just by reading about
a player he knows nothing about,
593
00:35:51,541 --> 00:35:52,671
he picks it up.
594
00:35:54,208 --> 00:35:57,288
I was so proud of myself when I
found an error in a Morphy game,
595
00:35:57,375 --> 00:35:59,205
and now someone's done it to me.
596
00:35:59,291 --> 00:36:02,461
Stop thinking about what might
have happened in the past,
597
00:36:02,541 --> 00:36:03,791
and get some sleep.
598
00:36:08,166 --> 00:36:09,166
[SIGHS HEAVILY]
599
00:36:09,625 --> 00:36:10,785
[WHISPERING] So stupid!
600
00:36:13,958 --> 00:36:14,958
[EXHALES]
601
00:36:17,875 --> 00:36:19,875
[PILLS CLATTERING]
602
00:36:29,791 --> 00:36:31,251
[CROWD APPLAUDING]
603
00:36:36,708 --> 00:36:38,168
Pawn to bishop four, right?
604
00:36:39,041 --> 00:36:40,631
- Yes.
- [CAMERA SHUTTER CLICKS]
605
00:36:47,833 --> 00:36:49,003
[BENNY CLEARS THROAT]
606
00:36:54,625 --> 00:36:57,125
- [CHESS CLOCK BUTTON CLICKS]
- [CHESS CLOCK TICKING]
607
00:36:59,791 --> 00:37:01,881
- [EXHALES SOFTLY]
- [PENSIVE MUSIC PLAYING]
608
00:37:21,541 --> 00:37:23,791
[SIGHS]
609
00:37:32,875 --> 00:37:35,625
- [CLOCK CONTINUES CLICKING]
- [INTENSE MUSIC PLAYING]
610
00:38:39,708 --> 00:38:41,788
[BETH] I thought he could
see what I was planning.
611
00:38:50,800 --> 00:38:52,460
I thought he could
hear my heart beating,
612
00:38:52,480 --> 00:38:53,955
and know how panicked I was.
613
00:38:59,333 --> 00:39:01,083
He still had time to get out of it.
614
00:39:05,000 --> 00:39:08,500
But he took the piece just as I planned.
615
00:39:10,666 --> 00:39:12,786
I went into that game
with a perfect score.
616
00:39:14,083 --> 00:39:17,673
Benny had two draws, so a
draw would give me the title.
617
00:39:19,875 --> 00:39:20,875
I wanted to win.
618
00:39:22,041 --> 00:39:23,401
I wanted to hammer his weaknesses.
619
00:39:23,458 --> 00:39:25,458
I wanted to show that pirate
that I could beat him,
620
00:39:25,500 --> 00:39:27,620
even though I didn't play
the way he thought I should.
621
00:39:29,000 --> 00:39:31,750
Then, he captured my center
pawn, my protected pawn,
622
00:39:31,833 --> 00:39:35,213
the pawn that had held his queen
to her corner for most of the game.
623
00:39:36,583 --> 00:39:37,583
I don't understand.
624
00:39:38,791 --> 00:39:40,921
He forced an exchange of queens.
625
00:39:42,040 --> 00:39:43,062
Oh.
626
00:39:43,083 --> 00:39:44,083
Couldn't believe it.
627
00:39:45,791 --> 00:39:47,631
And then I saw what it meant.
628
00:39:48,625 --> 00:39:51,285
With the pawn gone, I was
open to a rook-bishop mate,
629
00:39:51,375 --> 00:39:53,495
because of the bishop
on the open diagonal.
630
00:39:54,000 --> 00:39:57,330
I could protect my retreating knight
by moving one of the rooks over,
631
00:39:57,416 --> 00:39:59,206
but the protection wouldn't last,
632
00:39:59,291 --> 00:40:01,381
because his fucking,
innocent-looking knight
633
00:40:01,458 --> 00:40:02,788
would block my king's escape.
634
00:40:03,875 --> 00:40:05,915
The more I looked,
the worse it all became.
635
00:40:06,000 --> 00:40:08,000
Caught me completely off guard.
636
00:40:08,541 --> 00:40:10,381
It was brutal.
637
00:40:11,916 --> 00:40:13,916
It's the kind of thing
I did to other people.
638
00:40:14,625 --> 00:40:17,035
Kind of thing that Morphy
did, and I missed it.
639
00:40:17,125 --> 00:40:18,705
I'd been thinking about doubled pawns.
640
00:40:19,625 --> 00:40:21,245
You were thinking about winning.
641
00:40:25,333 --> 00:40:26,333
What did you do?
642
00:40:28,416 --> 00:40:29,996
I needed a counterthreat.
643
00:40:30,625 --> 00:40:33,745
A move that would stop him in his
tracks, but there wasn't any.
644
00:40:34,375 --> 00:40:36,245
I spent half an hour studying the board,
645
00:40:36,333 --> 00:40:39,423
and decided that Benny's move
was even sounder than I thought.
646
00:40:40,583 --> 00:40:42,383
I thought maybe I could
trade my way out of it
647
00:40:42,458 --> 00:40:43,918
if he attacked too fast, but...
648
00:40:44,875 --> 00:40:45,875
he was careful.
649
00:40:50,000 --> 00:40:51,960
I had to retreat, but he kept coming.
650
00:40:56,541 --> 00:40:57,751
I wanted to scream.
651
00:40:59,666 --> 00:41:01,036
You resign, now.
652
00:41:02,000 --> 00:41:03,080
[MUSIC INTENSIFYING]
653
00:41:19,250 --> 00:41:20,290
Tough game.
654
00:41:24,375 --> 00:41:26,375
[ONLOOKERS APPLAUDING]
655
00:41:27,958 --> 00:41:29,128
[CAMERA SHUTTER CLICKS]
656
00:41:31,833 --> 00:41:33,003
[CAMERA SHUTTER CLICKS]
657
00:41:38,708 --> 00:41:40,458
You'll split the prize money.
658
00:41:41,291 --> 00:41:42,671
You'll be co-champions.
659
00:41:43,291 --> 00:41:46,211
You will still get a trophy,
albeit a smaller one.
660
00:41:47,250 --> 00:41:48,460
It happens all the time.
661
00:41:49,208 --> 00:41:50,271
I made some inquiries.
662
00:41:50,290 --> 00:41:52,160
The Open Championship is often shared.
663
00:41:52,180 --> 00:41:53,671
I didn't see what he was doing.
664
00:41:55,833 --> 00:41:57,963
You can't finesse
everything all the time.
665
00:41:59,291 --> 00:42:00,291
Nobody can.
666
00:42:00,916 --> 00:42:02,416
You don't know anything about chess.
667
00:42:04,750 --> 00:42:07,500
- I know what it feels like to lose.
- Yeah, I bet you do.
668
00:42:11,958 --> 00:42:13,328
And now you do, too.
669
00:42:19,541 --> 00:42:20,961
- [WHISTLE BLOWS]
- [CAR HONKS]
670
00:42:22,916 --> 00:42:24,076
[CAR DOOR OPENS]
671
00:42:26,880 --> 00:42:28,854
- Harmon!
- [CAR DOORS CLOSING]
672
00:42:29,270 --> 00:42:30,312
I'm sorry.
673
00:42:30,333 --> 00:42:31,333
Why?
674
00:42:35,041 --> 00:42:36,961
I know how badly you
wanted to beat Benny.
675
00:42:38,333 --> 00:42:39,543
You'll get another shot.
676
00:42:40,833 --> 00:42:41,833
Doesn't matter.
677
00:42:43,583 --> 00:42:45,003
Give my best to Roger.
678
00:42:45,875 --> 00:42:46,875
Beth.
679
00:42:47,625 --> 00:42:49,625
- [CAR DOOR CLOSES]
- [ENGINE TURNS OVER]
680
00:42:52,375 --> 00:42:54,785
["THE END OF THE WORLD"
BY SKEETER DAVIS PLAYING]
681
00:43:00,416 --> 00:43:07,376
♪ Why does the sun go on shining? ♪
682
00:43:08,416 --> 00:43:15,376
♪ Why does the sea rush to shore? ♪
683
00:43:16,458 --> 00:43:19,708
♪ Don't they know ♪
684
00:43:19,791 --> 00:43:24,081
♪ It's the end of the world? ♪
685
00:43:24,166 --> 00:43:31,166
♪ When you don't love me anymore ♪
686
00:43:32,440 --> 00:43:39,460
♪ Why does my heart go on beating? ♪
687
00:43:40,400 --> 00:43:47,210
♪ Why do these eyes of mine cry? ♪
688
00:43:48,458 --> 00:43:51,668
♪ Don't they know ♪
689
00:43:51,750 --> 00:43:55,960
♪ It's the end of the world? ♪
690
00:43:56,041 --> 00:44:02,171
♪ It ended when you said goodbye ♪
691
00:44:02,180 --> 00:44:09,080
♪ I wake up in the
morning and I wonder ♪
692
00:44:09,166 --> 00:44:15,746
♪ Why everything's the same as it was ♪
693
00:44:16,541 --> 00:44:20,581
♪ And I can't understand ♪
694
00:44:20,666 --> 00:44:27,286
♪ Why life goes on the way it does ♪
695
00:44:27,375 --> 00:44:34,285
♪ Why do the birds go on singing? ♪
696
00:44:35,333 --> 00:44:42,293
♪ Why do the stars shine above? ♪
697
00:44:43,250 --> 00:44:46,500
♪ Don't they know ♪
698
00:44:46,583 --> 00:44:50,713
♪ It's the end of the world? ♪
699
00:44:50,791 --> 00:44:53,251
♪ It ended ♪
700
00:44:53,333 --> 00:44:55,963
♪ When you said ♪
701
00:44:56,041 --> 00:45:01,631
♪ Good-bye ♪