The Queen’s Gambit Episode 2: Beth goes fierce to break Chess records (Web Series)

The Queen’s Gambit Episode 2: Beth’s Journey to Become Chess Grandmaster Begins

Run Time: 1 hour 5 minutes

In the second episode of queen’s gambit, Beth has been banned from playing chess ever again because of her addiction.

A few years have been passed after this incident and young Beth is now grown up with Jolene as her best friend.

A bigger change is about to come in her life as she is being adopted by a couple.

While leaving she bid goodbye to a distant Mr Shaibel.

Alma and Allston Wheatley, her adopted parents are nice people. But there’s tension between the couple.

With Allston always away on his business trips, Beth is usually alone with Alma.

With time Beth realizes Alma is very lonely and is suffering the loss of her miscarriage.

 With a new life starting, Beth is also enrolled in a nearby new school.

 Although god in her studies she feels isolated from the rest of her classmates who mocks her for her poor clothing.

One day on the suggestion of Mr Wheatley, Alma takes Beth for shopping where she notices chess set.

Her hopes of playing chess returns again. But chess isn’t the only thing that returns from her past.

Once Alma sends Beth to buy her prescription and she notices that these are the same tranquility pills she used to take.

Will Beth’s Dream of Playing Chess Begin Again?

She also notices the chess tournament poster and decides to enter.

However, she doesn’t seem to have the money and asks Mr Shaibel to help and promises to return his money once she has won.

Later she receives 5 dollars and enters the chess tournament.

In one of her first tournament, she beats her opponent named Annette with ease.

Then after several easy wins, she beats Townes (Jacob Fortune-Lloyd), a very good player who appreciates her highly.

Although her chess life is going smoothly, her life at home seems to be wrecked again when she realizes that Allston has left indefinitely for work.

The two women decide to keep this a secret, so Beth doesn’t have to go back to the orphanage.

In her final match with Harry Beltik (Harry Melling), when she feels she is about to lose, Beth pops pills in the bathroom and defeat Beltik mercilessly.