TY  - BOOK
AU  - Tevis,Walter S.
TI  - The queen's gambit
SN  - 9781474622578
PY  - 2020///
CY  - London : 
PB  - Weidenfeld & Nicolson
N1  - Reprint. Originally published: Random House, 1983
N2  - When she is sent to an orphanage at the age of eight, Beth Harmon soon discovers two ways to escape her surroundings, albeit fleetingly: playing chess and taking the little green pills given to her and the other children to keep them subdued. Before long, it becomes apparent that hers is a prodigious talent, and as she progresses to the top of the US chess rankings she is able to forge a new life for herself. But she can never quite overcome her urge to self-destruct. For Beth, there's more at stake than merely winning and losing
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