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Dark's nothing to be afraid of.
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In fact, I'd go as far as saying
there's nothing to be afraid of.
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Anywhere.
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The strongest person is the person
who isn't scared to be alone.
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It's other people you
got to worry about.
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Other people. They'll tell you
what to do, how to feel...
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Before you know it...
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... you're pouring your life
out in search of something
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other people told you to go look for.
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Someday, you're gonna be all alone,
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so you need to figure out
how to take care of yourself.
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Hello.
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Beth Harmon?
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Yes.
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Uh, this is Harry Beltik.
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Uh, from the Kentucky State Tournament.
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No, I remember.
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I hear you dropped one to Borgov.
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I wanted to give condolences.
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Thanks.
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What were you playing, white?
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- Black.
- Oh, it's-it's better that way.
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I mean, if you're gonna lose.
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Suppose so.
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What did you play?
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Closed Sicilian.
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Rossolimo? Really?
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I let him do it to me.
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That's a mistake.
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Uh, look, I'm in Lexington for the
summer, and I thought maybe...
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Maybe what?
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Would you like some training?
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I-I know... I know
you're better than me.
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But if you're gonna play
the Soviets, you need help.
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Where are you?
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I'm on my way to the Phoenix Hotel.
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I'm moving to an apartment on
Thursday. I could come by then.
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Why don't you come over right now?
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Excuse me, miss.
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What happened to that gawky kid
who kicked my ass five years ago?
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Apparently, she grew up.
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A.I. Deinkopf.
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Middlegame Strategy.
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I've read that one.
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J.R. Capablanca, My Chess Career.
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That one, too.
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Fornaut, Alekhine's Games 1938 to 1945.
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Yes.
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Meyer, Rook and Pawn Endings.
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I know, you've read it.
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No.
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But I have my own copy upstairs.
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Well, some of these are
gonna be new to you.
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Capablanca played on intuition.
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And his natural gifts, which
obviously were considerable.
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Unlike Bogoljubov and Grünfeld,
who memorized everything.
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Yeah, I know how you feel about them.
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I read your piece in Chess Review.
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Nice cover photo, by the way.
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I see players at tournaments
after their games have finished,
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sitting there studying opening variation
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or middle-game strategy, endgame theory.
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- Like it would have made a difference.
- You don't ever study?
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I analyze games.
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What actually happened, not
what could have happened.
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- And I play it by ear.
- Like Capablanca.
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- He would have beaten Borgov.
- Mmm, not every game.
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Mmm, every game that counted.
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You think I'm a prima donna, don't you?
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It's chess.
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We're all prima donnas.
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So, I've replayed your match with
Benny Watts a dozen times now.
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Why?
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- That's ancient history.
- Well, it's not that ancient.
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- I'm a different player now.
- In some ways.
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You're stubborn, so you get mad.
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When that happens, you can only
see what's in front of you.
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Anger clears my head.
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Anger is a potent spice.
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A pinch wakes you up,
too much dulls your senses.
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Where'd you get that
from, a fortune cookie?
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Mrs. Grecco, my second grade teacher.
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- Ah.
- Mm.
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But the point is still valid.
You've got to stay open.
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If you get locked into one idea,
like this king knight pawn, say,
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it's death.
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Look.
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- Now, the knight pawn is pinned.
- So?
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So you got to move the king
now, or you get stuck later.
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I can see that, but...
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But look at the queen-side
pawns, way over here.
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- He could do this.
- Try it.
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See?
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It's a good sequence.
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It's from Alekhine.
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I'm saying I got it from a book.
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I know what you're saying.
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Let's eat.
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You're not the same person you
were five years ago, either.
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- No?
- No.
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But I can't figure out what's different.
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Um, I've become more profound?
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That's not it.
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And I, um, got my teeth fixed.
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- Yeah, that's it.
- Yeah.
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It's the teeth. It was driving me crazy.
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I used my tuition money.
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My parents are plenty
ticked off about it.
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It was worth it.
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Uh, I should go.
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Uh, I'll leave my board here.
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I'll take this.
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I'll be back in the morning
with more books.
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Shit.
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Oh, God.
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No.
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You see, I'm a little shy.
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What seems to be the trouble?
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Well, it's difficult to show you
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the symptoms at the moment, because...
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it comes and it goes.
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Oh, it comes and goes?
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Yes, it's so unfortunate.
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It's always the same
whenever I see a doctor.
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When... when I come, it goes,
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and when I go, it comes.
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Okay, tell me, what was your endgame?
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You just saw it.
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What was your plan?
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To beat you?
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I don't know what it was.
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Exactly, you're still just improvising.
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I just wiped you out five times.
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I'm a master,
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and I've never played better in my life.
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So modest.
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But I'm nowhere close to
what you'll face in Paris.
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I could beat Borgov with
a little more work.
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You can beat Borgov
with a lot more work.
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Years more work.
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Borgov's not some Kentucky
ex-champion like me.
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He is a world champion
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who could have beaten both
of us when he was ten.
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Do you even know his career?
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No.
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Well...
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Read it.
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Read the games from Leningrad, 1962.
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Look at the way he plays
rook-pawn endings.
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Look at the games with
Luchenko and Spassky.
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You might learn something.
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No, this way.
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Right.
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"Look at the games with
Luchenko and Spassky,
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you might learn something." Fuck.
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"I'm a master."
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It was so bad.
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♪ Never know how much I love you... ♪
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Summer's coming.
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♪ When you put your arms around me ♪
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♪ I get a fever ♪
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- ♪ That's so hard to bear... ♪
- Radio's a little loud, don't you think?
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Come on.
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I'll turn it down after this. I just...
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I love this song.
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♪ Fever ♪
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♪ In the mornin' ♪
♪ A fever all through the night ♪
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♪ Sun lights up the day time ♪
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♪ Moon lights up the night ♪
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♪ I light up when you call my name... ♪
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Are you coming?
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♪ You give me fever ♪
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♪ When you kiss me ♪
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♪ Fever when you hold me tight ♪
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♪ Fever ♪
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♪ In the morning ♪
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♪ A fever all through the night ♪
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♪ Fever ♪
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♪ Till you sizzle ♪
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♪ Oh what a lovely way to burn ♪
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♪ What a lovely way to burn ♪
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"In a fight,
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you want the first blow to be the last."
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"And you better be the one to throw it."
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"Few things are as mentally
brutal as chess."
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"Attackers may sometimes
regret their moves,
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but it is much worse to forever regret
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an opportunity you
allowed to pass you by."
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00:14:24,458 --> 00:14:26,788
So, it's not always about attacking.
191
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Sometimes, it's much better
to take a piece back.
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So, this is Smyslov versus Botvinnik.
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Now, as you can see,
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Botvinnik should have taken
the pawn with the queen.
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He must have been very tired,
196
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or someone must have drugged his tea.
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Anyway, I always thought
that was interesting.
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"I'm a good player,
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but I play people half my age."
200
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"I don't know how long
I can keep winning."
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"I can fight against anyone
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but time."
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I'm moving out of the hotel tomorrow.
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Into my apartment.
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Whoa. Uh...
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Play pawn to king five.
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Humor me.
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00:15:30,166 --> 00:15:31,666
- That's unusual.
- Yeah.
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00:15:31,750 --> 00:15:34,040
Player named Mikėnas
came up with that one.
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- How far away is it?
- Huh?
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The apartment.
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00:15:38,416 --> 00:15:40,286
Oh, um, New Circle Road.
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- Hm.
- I won't be coming by so much.
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00:15:44,541 --> 00:15:45,631
It's not so far away.
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No, but I'll be taking classes,
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and I should probably
get a part-time job.
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You could move in here if you
want. You know, for free.
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00:16:05,700 --> 00:16:06,729
Really?
219
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Yeah.
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Really.
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Um...
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- Sorry, I...
- Uh... no. No.
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Um...
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I-I just wasn't ready.
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I'm ready now.
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Now or never.
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So, um...
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should I stay here or
go back to my room?
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Whatever you want.
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Okay.
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Good night.
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Good night.
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Beth?
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Beth Harmon?
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Margaret Neil.
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Well, Margaret Johnson now.
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Fairfield High?
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Margaret.
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Right. Hi.
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Mike and I tied the knot
right after graduation.
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Congratulations.
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Not long after, we were
blessed with this little one.
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What's her name?
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Jean, after Mike's grandmother.
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I read about you.
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The chess and the traveling.
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It must be exciting.
248
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It is.
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Being around all those
boys is a real thrill.
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You wanted to know
what the boys were like,
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if I dated any of them.
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That time I came over to your
house with the Apple Pis.
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Oh! Gosh!
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That seems, uh...
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like a million years ago, doesn't it?
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I should probably get my errands
done, before this one gets...
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really fussy, and the
window of opportunity,
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as we like to say, slams shut.
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It was nice to see you.
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You, too.
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I think there's more to life than chess.
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Yeah, one of my heroes is Philidor.
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This French musician, used
to play chess blindfolded
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in Paris and London.
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Diderot wrote him a letter.
266
00:19:41,500 --> 00:19:42,630
Now, you know Diderot?
267
00:19:43,400 --> 00:19:44,420
French Revolution?
268
00:19:44,458 --> 00:19:45,668
Yeah, it's close enough.
269
00:19:46,416 --> 00:19:49,746
So, uh, Philidor was doing
blindfold exhibitions
270
00:19:49,833 --> 00:19:51,463
and burning out his brain,
271
00:19:51,540 --> 00:19:53,098
or whatever it was they thought you did
272
00:19:53,100 --> 00:19:55,104
in the 18th century. Anyway...
273
00:19:55,125 --> 00:19:58,535
Diderot wrote to him
and said something like,
274
00:19:59,083 --> 00:20:03,423
"It's foolish to run the risk of
going mad for vanity's sake."
275
00:20:04,000 --> 00:20:06,250
Now, I think about that sometimes,
276
00:20:06,333 --> 00:20:09,043
when I'm analyzing my ass
off over a chess board.
277
00:20:15,500 --> 00:20:18,710
I, um... I saw your picture
on the cover of Chess Review,
278
00:20:18,791 --> 00:20:21,251
and those pictures Townes
took in Las Vegas,
279
00:20:21,875 --> 00:20:23,325
for the Lexington paper.
280
00:20:25,291 --> 00:20:26,331
They were beautiful.
281
00:20:27,958 --> 00:20:30,668
- I thought maybe the two of you were...
- No, we weren't.
282
00:20:34,958 --> 00:20:35,958
Truth is...
283
00:20:36,833 --> 00:20:38,753
I was waiting for you to come back.
284
00:20:41,166 --> 00:20:42,496
You're why I got my teeth fixed.
285
00:20:42,583 --> 00:20:45,963
Didn't Koltanowski use to
play blindfolded all the time?
286
00:20:47,583 --> 00:20:48,583
And he wasn't crazy.
287
00:20:53,458 --> 00:20:55,378
No, no, no, he's-he's not. It was, um...
288
00:20:56,458 --> 00:20:58,668
It was Morphy who went
crazy, and Steinitz.
289
00:20:59,708 --> 00:21:02,168
Morphy thought people were
trying to steal his shoes.
290
00:21:03,458 --> 00:21:06,668
Well, maybe he thought
shoes were bishops.
291
00:21:08,416 --> 00:21:09,536
Yeah, maybe.
292
00:21:14,208 --> 00:21:15,208
Beth?
293
00:21:19,666 --> 00:21:20,666
Let's play chess.
294
00:21:22,375 --> 00:21:23,375
Okay.
295
00:21:31,125 --> 00:21:32,875
Two packs of Chesterfields, please.
296
00:21:42,208 --> 00:21:43,208
This, too.
297
00:21:48,416 --> 00:21:50,376
Sure you wouldn't rather just steal it?
298
00:21:54,041 --> 00:21:55,041
You gonna be there?
299
00:21:55,833 --> 00:21:56,833
That tournament?
300
00:21:59,458 --> 00:22:00,458
Yes.
301
00:22:01,666 --> 00:22:02,666
Good luck.
302
00:22:05,708 --> 00:22:06,708
Keep it.
303
00:22:09,083 --> 00:22:10,333
For the first time.
304
00:22:12,958 --> 00:22:15,540
Whoa, that doesn't look right.
Your knight is hanging.
305
00:22:15,560 --> 00:22:16,570
Mm-mm.
306
00:22:16,625 --> 00:22:19,535
You're missing it. It's a much
stronger move than it looks.
307
00:22:21,625 --> 00:22:22,625
Okay, watch.
308
00:22:23,041 --> 00:22:24,751
The knight takes,
309
00:22:25,250 --> 00:22:26,670
and the pawn moves up.
310
00:22:28,125 --> 00:22:30,705
If he didn't move it up,
the bishop would be locked in.
311
00:22:30,791 --> 00:22:33,251
When he does...
312
00:22:35,833 --> 00:22:37,003
... the other pawn falls.
313
00:22:38,291 --> 00:22:40,531
- What about the other bishop here?
- For Christ's sakes.
314
00:22:40,541 --> 00:22:42,661
It's check once the pawn moves,
and the knight trades.
315
00:22:43,375 --> 00:22:44,375
Can't you see that?
316
00:22:45,790 --> 00:22:47,480
No, I can't. I can't find it that fast.
317
00:22:47,500 --> 00:22:49,000
Well, wish you could.
318
00:22:52,666 --> 00:22:54,206
You're too sharp for me.
319
00:23:58,583 --> 00:23:59,583
Hey.
320
00:24:01,000 --> 00:24:03,250
Breakfast is almost ready.
321
00:24:09,291 --> 00:24:11,211
I have taught you everything I know.
322
00:24:12,791 --> 00:24:14,921
Which, admittedly, is not a lot.
323
00:24:16,750 --> 00:24:18,330
I've got to start studying.
324
00:24:18,916 --> 00:24:22,286
I'm supposed to be an electrical
engineer, not a chess bum.
325
00:24:25,166 --> 00:24:26,326
Where are you gonna go?
326
00:24:27,666 --> 00:24:29,126
I'm moving to that apartment.
327
00:24:31,250 --> 00:24:32,960
It's closer to the university.
328
00:24:39,583 --> 00:24:41,793
- I'm gonna leave you...
- You're wrong, you know.
329
00:24:42,708 --> 00:24:43,918
You've taught me a lot.
330
00:24:45,708 --> 00:24:46,958
I'm really glad you called.
331
00:24:47,583 --> 00:24:50,253
I'm glad I could be here
with you, you know?
332
00:24:51,583 --> 00:24:52,793
After you lost your mom.
333
00:24:53,791 --> 00:24:54,831
It's more than that.
334
00:24:58,083 --> 00:24:59,293
You've really helped me.
335
00:25:00,791 --> 00:25:02,291
I guess you've helped me, too.
336
00:25:03,708 --> 00:25:05,378
You've helped me realize something.
337
00:25:06,416 --> 00:25:07,416
What?
338
00:25:08,791 --> 00:25:09,921
That I don't love chess.
339
00:25:10,958 --> 00:25:12,128
No, it's okay.
340
00:25:13,625 --> 00:25:15,875
I just don't love it
as much as I once did.
341
00:25:17,791 --> 00:25:20,881
I'm not obsessed with it the way
one has to be to win it all.
342
00:25:23,000 --> 00:25:24,210
The way you are.
343
00:25:26,541 --> 00:25:28,041
I'm gonna leave you...
344
00:25:30,250 --> 00:25:31,250
this.
345
00:25:33,166 --> 00:25:34,416
You have a lot in common.
346
00:25:35,708 --> 00:25:36,708
Really?
347
00:25:36,791 --> 00:25:40,171
Morphy was a lawyer or
something, in New Orleans.
348
00:25:40,250 --> 00:25:41,580
You look at his games,
349
00:25:42,458 --> 00:25:43,458
the way he played.
350
00:25:44,625 --> 00:25:48,325
He sacrificed knights and bishops
like he had a dozen instead of two,
351
00:25:49,200 --> 00:25:50,768
and then he'd move in
on the king so fast,
352
00:25:50,770 --> 00:25:52,498
his opponents would just freeze up.
353
00:25:54,370 --> 00:25:56,590
It's too bad Morphy and
Capablanca hadn't been alive
354
00:25:56,610 --> 00:25:57,687
at the same time.
355
00:25:57,708 --> 00:25:58,988
They could've played each other.
356
00:25:59,041 --> 00:26:02,501
Yeah, it's too bad Morphy fell into
a muttering paranoia and died.
357
00:26:06,500 --> 00:26:09,210
He would stay up all night,
in Paris, before his games,
358
00:26:10,750 --> 00:26:14,040
drinking in cafes, and
talking with strangers.
359
00:26:15,291 --> 00:26:18,961
And then he'd play the
next day like a shark.
360
00:26:20,333 --> 00:26:23,083
Well-mannered, well-dressed,
moving the pieces
361
00:26:23,166 --> 00:26:26,826
with these small, ladylike hands.
362
00:26:27,541 --> 00:26:30,501
Crushing one European
master after another.
363
00:26:32,750 --> 00:26:34,250
You know what they called him?
364
00:26:36,041 --> 00:26:38,711
"The pride and the sorrow of chess."
365
00:26:41,083 --> 00:26:42,423
And then he retired at 22.
366
00:26:43,833 --> 00:26:46,583
- And you think that's gonna be me?
- I think that is you.
367
00:26:49,041 --> 00:26:50,041
I think maybe...
368
00:26:50,750 --> 00:26:51,830
it's always been you.
369
00:27:08,125 --> 00:27:09,245
Be careful, Beth.
370
00:28:45,750 --> 00:28:46,920
Why, hello, Beth.
371
00:28:47,875 --> 00:28:49,205
Why, hello, Benny.
372
00:28:50,875 --> 00:28:54,245
I read about your game with Borgov.
That must have felt terrible.
373
00:28:54,333 --> 00:28:56,633
- I felt like a fool.
- I know that feeling.
374
00:28:57,166 --> 00:28:58,166
Helpless.
375
00:28:59,125 --> 00:29:00,455
It all goes, and you just...
376
00:29:02,000 --> 00:29:03,250
push wood.
377
00:29:05,833 --> 00:29:07,253
Who have you got up first?
378
00:29:08,740 --> 00:29:09,771
Manfredi.
379
00:29:14,291 --> 00:29:15,881
That shouldn't take too long.
380
00:29:16,875 --> 00:29:20,325
Highest-rated players in
the whole fucking country,
381
00:29:20,416 --> 00:29:23,036
and yet here we are at some
second-rate university,
382
00:29:23,125 --> 00:29:27,325
playing on cheap plastic boards
with cheap plastic pieces.
383
00:29:29,083 --> 00:29:31,253
If this were a golf or
tennis tournament,
384
00:29:31,333 --> 00:29:33,673
we'd be surrounded by
reporters, as opposed to...
385
00:29:35,208 --> 00:29:36,368
... whoever these people are.
386
00:29:37,583 --> 00:29:39,673
You should see where they
play in the Soviet Union.
387
00:29:39,750 --> 00:29:41,330
I'm planning on it.
388
00:29:42,458 --> 00:29:43,958
You have to get past me first.
389
00:29:44,041 --> 00:29:45,541
I'm planning on that, too.
390
00:31:40,800 --> 00:31:41,840
Now, most players,
391
00:31:41,860 --> 00:31:44,378
they lack the courage
in their convictions.
392
00:31:44,450 --> 00:31:46,120
The key is to not be tentative.
393
00:31:46,140 --> 00:31:48,530
You have to play with
absolute confidence.
394
00:31:48,625 --> 00:31:49,825
I can tell, on the first move,
395
00:31:49,840 --> 00:31:51,460
whether someone's got
that or they don't,
396
00:31:51,480 --> 00:31:53,875
just from how they
move that first piece.
397
00:31:54,375 --> 00:31:56,325
What advice would you
give to any young players
398
00:31:56,416 --> 00:31:58,036
who wanna follow in your footsteps?
399
00:31:58,958 --> 00:31:59,958
Um...
400
00:32:00,500 --> 00:32:02,000
I'd tell them to read my book.
401
00:32:02,958 --> 00:32:04,328
Obviously. Um...
402
00:32:05,250 --> 00:32:07,460
Yeah, play through all the games.
403
00:32:07,490 --> 00:32:08,788
You know, I'd tell them to get in shape.
404
00:32:08,790 --> 00:32:10,380
Most people think about chess players,
405
00:32:10,400 --> 00:32:12,541
they think about people
who look like you.
406
00:32:12,958 --> 00:32:14,038
Harmon!
407
00:32:14,625 --> 00:32:15,625
Wait up.
408
00:32:19,083 --> 00:32:20,673
Found you a reporter, I see.
409
00:32:21,833 --> 00:32:23,213
Funny. Ha.
410
00:32:24,458 --> 00:32:27,038
What did you do to that poor guy
you played in the third round?
411
00:32:27,125 --> 00:32:28,955
He looked like he
wanted to kill himself.
412
00:32:29,458 --> 00:32:31,788
Uh, which poor guy are
you talking about?
413
00:32:32,916 --> 00:32:33,916
Touché.
414
00:32:35,666 --> 00:32:39,666
Hey, uh, some of us have been, uh,
heading down to the student union,
415
00:32:39,750 --> 00:32:41,630
having a couple beers,
playing some speed chess.
416
00:32:41,708 --> 00:32:42,708
You should join us.
417
00:32:42,750 --> 00:32:44,670
No, thanks. I have to study.
418
00:32:45,291 --> 00:32:48,041
Thought I'd go back to the
dorms, read your book.
419
00:32:49,083 --> 00:32:50,253
You know, get in shape.
420
00:32:52,208 --> 00:32:54,538
You do realize that we have
the whole day off tomorrow?
421
00:32:56,291 --> 00:32:57,791
Can I ask you a question?
422
00:32:57,875 --> 00:32:58,875
Ooh.
423
00:32:59,500 --> 00:33:01,960
Depends on whether or not the
answer will give you an edge.
424
00:33:02,041 --> 00:33:03,041
Seriously?
425
00:33:03,833 --> 00:33:04,923
Are you that nervous?
426
00:33:05,583 --> 00:33:08,083
- Was that the question?
- No! What's with the knife?
427
00:33:09,166 --> 00:33:10,166
What do you mean?
428
00:33:10,791 --> 00:33:13,251
I mean, why do you carry it around?
429
00:33:14,416 --> 00:33:15,746
This is for protection.
430
00:33:18,958 --> 00:33:20,788
- From what?
- Whatever.
431
00:33:23,208 --> 00:33:24,208
Study hard.
432
00:33:33,625 --> 00:33:37,915
♪ I-I-I-I-I'm not your steppin' stone ♪
433
00:33:40,880 --> 00:33:44,828
♪ I-I-I-I-I'm not your steppin' stone ♪
434
00:33:48,416 --> 00:33:51,456
♪ You're trying to make your mark ♪
♪ In society ♪
435
00:33:51,470 --> 00:33:55,001
♪ You're using all the tricks ♪
♪ That you used on me ♪
436
00:33:55,083 --> 00:33:58,793
♪ You're reading all them ♪
♪ High-fashion magazines ♪
437
00:33:58,875 --> 00:34:00,325
♪ The clothes you're wearing, girl ♪
438
00:34:00,330 --> 00:34:02,126
♪ They're causing public scenes ♪
439
00:34:02,208 --> 00:34:07,038
♪ I said ♪
♪ I-I-I-I-I'm not your steppin' stone ♪
440
00:34:09,875 --> 00:34:13,955
♪ I-I-I-I-I'm not your steppin' stone ♪
441
00:34:19,791 --> 00:34:23,461
- ♪ Not your steppin' stone ♪
- ♪ Ah, ah, ah, ah ♪
442
00:34:23,490 --> 00:34:25,541
- ♪ Not your steppin' stone ♪
- ♪ Ah, ah, ah, ah ♪
443
00:34:25,625 --> 00:34:27,125
♪ Ah, ah, ah, ah ♪
444
00:34:27,208 --> 00:34:28,288
♪ Ah, ah, ah ♪
445
00:34:35,416 --> 00:34:39,326
♪ I-I-I-I-I'm not your
steppin' stone... ♪
446
00:34:40,875 --> 00:34:41,875
Beth!
447
00:34:48,291 --> 00:34:53,331
Beth Harmon, this is Danny
Weiss and Dave Friedman.
448
00:34:54,333 --> 00:34:55,333
Nice to meet you.
449
00:34:55,416 --> 00:34:57,786
Actually, we met.
You beat me the other day.
450
00:34:58,875 --> 00:35:00,915
Me, too. Rather badly, in fact.
451
00:35:02,166 --> 00:35:03,326
- Sorry.
- Don't be.
452
00:35:03,416 --> 00:35:06,246
After I finished weeping in my
room, I replayed the game.
453
00:35:06,916 --> 00:35:09,126
Learned a lot from it, so thank you.
454
00:35:09,666 --> 00:35:12,286
- You're welcome.
- Beth, take a look at this.
455
00:35:12,375 --> 00:35:13,375
It's White's move.
456
00:35:14,458 --> 00:35:15,458
What would you do?
457
00:35:18,458 --> 00:35:20,168
Typical mid-game Ruy Lopez.
458
00:35:20,250 --> 00:35:22,500
Well, yeah, we know that,
but what's the move?
459
00:35:24,958 --> 00:35:26,918
- You see?
- Maybe you're right.
460
00:35:27,000 --> 00:35:30,250
No, I know I'm right, and Beth
sees things the same way I do.
461
00:35:31,125 --> 00:35:32,785
The pawn move is too weak, right?
462
00:35:34,041 --> 00:35:36,131
The pawn move only works
if he plays his bishop.
463
00:35:36,208 --> 00:35:37,208
Exactly.
464
00:35:37,625 --> 00:35:39,075
- Bye, boys.
- Whoa, hold on.
465
00:35:39,833 --> 00:35:41,213
How about some speed chess?
466
00:35:43,083 --> 00:35:45,543
Or we could play some
skittles, or blitz,
467
00:35:45,625 --> 00:35:46,745
or bughouse?
468
00:35:47,790 --> 00:35:50,180
No, I'm just gonna get some coffee,
469
00:35:50,200 --> 00:35:51,318
and then I'm gonna go back and study.
470
00:35:51,320 --> 00:35:53,854
Well, Weiss will get you some
coffee, won't you, Weiss?
471
00:35:56,375 --> 00:35:58,455
Uh... yeah.
472
00:36:00,625 --> 00:36:02,125
Sugar, cream?
473
00:36:03,666 --> 00:36:04,666
Yes.
474
00:36:05,125 --> 00:36:07,245
- Thank you.
- Uh, get me an apple juice.
475
00:36:08,875 --> 00:36:10,705
But not one of those,
uh, crappy plastic cups.
476
00:36:10,791 --> 00:36:12,081
Get me a-a milk glass.
477
00:36:12,166 --> 00:36:13,166
Yeah, sure.
478
00:36:16,750 --> 00:36:18,130
Please, sit.
479
00:36:20,583 --> 00:36:21,583
Fine.
480
00:36:22,375 --> 00:36:23,575
One game.
481
00:36:24,125 --> 00:36:25,125
- Got it?
- All right.
482
00:36:30,458 --> 00:36:31,458
Okay.
483
00:36:32,166 --> 00:36:33,786
Shall we say...
484
00:36:35,125 --> 00:36:36,125
five bucks a game?
485
00:36:37,790 --> 00:36:39,100
I haven't even had my coffee.
486
00:36:39,120 --> 00:36:40,961
Well, look, here it comes right now.
487
00:36:44,083 --> 00:36:45,333
- There you go.
- Thank you.
488
00:36:48,750 --> 00:36:52,580
All right, you take a sip of that
coffee, and I'll punch your clock.
489
00:36:58,208 --> 00:36:59,498
Go ahead.
490
00:37:49,541 --> 00:37:50,541
Again?
491
00:38:09,250 --> 00:38:10,420
Again?
492
00:38:34,875 --> 00:38:35,915
Again?
493
00:39:02,625 --> 00:39:03,915
Again?
494
00:39:43,666 --> 00:39:46,286
- I need to see proof.
- Calling me a liar?
495
00:40:10,333 --> 00:40:11,583
It's gonna be you or me.
496
00:40:19,880 --> 00:40:21,312
Are you trying to psych me out?
497
00:40:21,320 --> 00:40:23,021
No, I don't need to do that to beat you.
498
00:40:28,120 --> 00:40:30,140
Listen, I'm sorry about yesterday, okay?
499
00:40:30,160 --> 00:40:31,705
I wasn't trying to hustle you.
500
00:40:31,791 --> 00:40:33,921
- Weren't you?
- Come on, Beth.
501
00:40:34,000 --> 00:40:35,500
You're the best player here.
502
00:40:37,208 --> 00:40:39,168
And I've been watching
your games. You...
503
00:40:39,875 --> 00:40:41,125
You attack like Alekhine.
504
00:40:42,416 --> 00:40:44,326
You held me off well enough yesterday.
505
00:40:44,916 --> 00:40:46,666
But that doesn't count.
That's speed chess.
506
00:40:46,750 --> 00:40:49,460
I'm better at speed chess than
you. I play a lot in New York.
507
00:40:49,541 --> 00:40:51,881
- You beat me in Las Vegas.
- That was a while ago.
508
00:40:51,958 --> 00:40:54,168
You were too hung up
on doubling my pawns.
509
00:40:54,250 --> 00:40:56,170
I don't think I could get
away with that again.
510
00:41:01,000 --> 00:41:02,750
Do you ever go over games in your head?
511
00:41:04,583 --> 00:41:06,833
When you're alone. Play
all the way through them?
512
00:41:09,041 --> 00:41:10,041
Doesn't everybody?
513
00:41:34,208 --> 00:41:36,578
Well, I never thought
you'd let me trade queens.
514
00:41:36,666 --> 00:41:37,746
I didn't think so, either.
515
00:41:37,833 --> 00:41:40,173
Thirty moves, man, Jesus.
516
00:41:40,791 --> 00:41:41,921
That many?
517
00:41:42,000 --> 00:41:43,000
Hmm.
518
00:41:44,541 --> 00:41:46,211
Looks like you can outdrink me, too.
519
00:41:48,208 --> 00:41:50,418
I really appreciate
how you're taking this.
520
00:41:50,916 --> 00:41:54,326
- I'm raging inwardly.
- Well, it doesn't show.
521
00:41:55,166 --> 00:41:57,496
Should never have played
that goddamn bishop pawn.
522
00:41:58,000 --> 00:42:01,460
- No, probably not.
- What are you gonna do about Borgov?
523
00:42:03,083 --> 00:42:04,083
I don't know.
524
00:42:04,666 --> 00:42:07,286
I don't even have a passport.
Or the right clothes.
525
00:42:07,375 --> 00:42:09,785
I hear it's pretty cold in
Paris that time of year.
526
00:42:10,291 --> 00:42:12,581
I'm not talking about Paris.
I'm talking about Moscow.
527
00:42:14,375 --> 00:42:16,665
What, do they not deliver
mail in Kentucky?
528
00:42:17,750 --> 00:42:18,830
What's in Moscow?
529
00:42:19,833 --> 00:42:21,543
The Moscow Invitational.
530
00:42:21,625 --> 00:42:24,535
The US winner gets invited.
You didn't know that?
531
00:42:27,291 --> 00:42:29,831
- Yes, ma'am.
- A couple more, please.
532
00:42:29,916 --> 00:42:32,370
Uh, no, thanks. I'm still on my first.
533
00:42:32,380 --> 00:42:33,729
Well, I'll drink them both.
534
00:42:35,166 --> 00:42:36,286
Easy there, tiger.
535
00:42:39,583 --> 00:42:41,633
How do I get to Moscow if I go?
536
00:42:41,708 --> 00:42:43,328
Uh, well, I mean, when I went,
537
00:42:43,916 --> 00:42:47,286
the Federation paid for my ticket,
and then this church group
538
00:42:47,375 --> 00:42:48,535
covered the rest of it.
539
00:42:48,625 --> 00:42:49,745
Did you have a second?
540
00:42:50,500 --> 00:42:51,920
- Weiss.
- Weiss?
541
00:42:52,000 --> 00:42:54,250
It would be tough to go to Russia alone.
542
00:42:54,750 --> 00:42:56,790
- Here you go.
- Oh, thank you.
543
00:43:03,125 --> 00:43:04,495
You always drink this much?
544
00:43:07,333 --> 00:43:08,543
Sometimes, I drink more.
545
00:43:11,083 --> 00:43:13,083
Who else will be playing in Moscow?
546
00:43:13,875 --> 00:43:17,245
Four top Russians, and
four other countries.
547
00:43:18,541 --> 00:43:20,631
If you keep doing this,
you're gonna end up washed up
548
00:43:20,708 --> 00:43:21,918
by the time you're 21.
549
00:43:27,750 --> 00:43:28,750
I like your hair.
550
00:43:30,166 --> 00:43:31,166
Uh-huh.
551
00:43:32,083 --> 00:43:33,083
Yeah, sure you do.
552
00:43:34,625 --> 00:43:35,745
What about Moscow?
553
00:43:37,666 --> 00:43:40,576
Four Soviet chess players is
a lot of Soviet chess players.
554
00:43:41,416 --> 00:43:42,416
Murderous.
555
00:43:43,625 --> 00:43:44,875
But you're the only American
556
00:43:44,958 --> 00:43:47,078
I can think of that
might be able to do it.
557
00:43:48,125 --> 00:43:50,165
I went to pieces with
Borgov in Mexico City.
558
00:43:54,375 --> 00:43:55,625
When do you go to Paris?
559
00:43:57,166 --> 00:43:58,456
In five weeks.
560
00:44:00,083 --> 00:44:02,043
Well, you'll need a good trainer.
561
00:44:03,750 --> 00:44:05,130
Not Harry Beltik.
562
00:44:06,125 --> 00:44:07,125
Someone...
563
00:44:08,625 --> 00:44:09,785
- better.
- Mmm.
564
00:44:10,416 --> 00:44:13,036
Someone more, um, mature.
565
00:44:14,000 --> 00:44:15,170
Who'd you have in mind?
566
00:44:17,875 --> 00:44:19,745
Can you come to New York?
567
00:44:23,083 --> 00:44:24,083
I don't know.
568
00:44:24,500 --> 00:44:25,678
You can sleep in my living room,
569
00:44:25,680 --> 00:44:27,923
and you can leave for Paris from there.
570
00:44:28,416 --> 00:44:29,746
That's very nice of you,
571
00:44:29,833 --> 00:44:33,293
but I'm not even so sure I
wanna go to Paris anymore.
572
00:44:35,041 --> 00:44:38,041
What are you gonna do
instead, huh? Get drunk?
573
00:44:38,125 --> 00:44:41,325
Now that you mention it,
yeah, sounds pretty good.
574
00:44:43,250 --> 00:44:44,290
Beth...
575
00:44:45,125 --> 00:44:46,455
Borgov made me look like a fool.
576
00:44:46,541 --> 00:44:49,291
- That's 'cause you weren't ready.
- I don't know if I'm good enough.
577
00:44:49,370 --> 00:44:50,521
You're the best there is.
578
00:44:52,166 --> 00:44:53,626
You beat me.
579
00:44:59,583 --> 00:45:02,521
Okay, fine. I'll come to New York.
580
00:45:02,541 --> 00:45:03,541
Great.
581
00:45:06,875 --> 00:45:08,745
We'll leave from here. I'll drive us.
582
00:45:09,458 --> 00:45:11,668
- When?
- Tomorrow. Afternoon.
583
00:45:12,666 --> 00:45:14,326
Once everything here finishes up.
584
00:45:15,140 --> 00:45:16,187
Oh, and about sex...
585
00:45:19,666 --> 00:45:20,666
forget it.
586
00:45:26,340 --> 00:45:31,340
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