The Queen’s Gambit

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Anyone Read this Book in high school or just for fun?

This was one of my mandatory reading materials in high school. The book was great and really made me want to master chess. I became good but never like competing good.

Netflix recently made a Limited time series on the book.

The cast is great and tells the story pretty much the same as the book with a few parts that wernt needed since they were huge triggers.

This is a must watch if you like fictional material that is based on non fictional events.

Plz be advised this show does have some pretty big trigger moments. Suicided, drug abuse, and death.

#2

I don’t have the attention span to read a novel willingly anymore

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#3

I do it between quee times lol.

If you like chess or just like things with a underdog story you should watch rhis

#4

I read queens gambit and my mind went to Arrow.

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#5

Lol. Why?

Lol. He is the last one I would think off.

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#6

The TV show. Their ship was called queens gambit.

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#7

Ohhh like the lame ass Hawkeye rip off Arrow?

Oh okay well that makes more sense I guess.

If you liked the book give the netflix series a watch. I was hooked all weekend lol. I even pulled out my chess board and shadow played some games. That i found online

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#8

Watching the show at the moment.

I play Chess occasionally, though I prefer to play the ‘960’ variant as it adds a bit of variety, and you’re also less likely to encounter cheats using Chess AI programs.

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#9

Nice.

I like to play standard but it also has to be in person. I try to avoid the ai ones since if they are white they will win 99% of the time.

I play a very closed game. Force opponents to make reckless attacks

#10

Btw main actress smoken hot lol.

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#11

The only book I want right now is predator: turnabout
But for some reason the 6.99 pulp novel has gone up to between $120 and $250
Why the hell won’t they release these books if there is such a demand for even a used market

#12

Huh?

#13

I never even heard of the book till now rip

#14

Really looking forward to it, the actress is very attractive and seems smart enough for the role.
I play but never got ranked, to much work to play on tournaments. I watch a YouTuber who covers big matches, new and old. I watch tournaments sometimes during the year but try and set aside time during the important ones to watch live streams.

I think it should be taught in school.

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#15

Alien vs Predator: prey, some would say the book that started it all, and if I’m being honest the first book I ever read as a child, it was written by Steven and Stephanie Perry a father-daughter team, a lot of the hardcore Pred fans covet anything that either of those two wrote, but I’ve never read turnabout or South China Sea.

Tldr : -amazing authors highly recommend Alien versus Predator: prey
-Predator forever midnight is trash

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#16

Nice. Yeah I watch yt videos as well since its informational and flexes my brain.

I player in high school on a club. Was never tournament material just played to avoid going home. Made some life long friends tho

#17

The cellist of Sarajevo would make for a great series

It was a book I read in community college

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#18

Whats it about?

#19

The siege of Sarajevo in the 90s

It’s a war story about a female sniper

I really enjoyed it

Based on a true story also

It’s really about the power of music as a coping mechanism

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#20

Mhmmm.

Love true stories.

I climax over true war time stories.
So thank you for making me cream my pants at work. Lol

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