The Queen's Gambit E:1-2 - Full Reaction
Added 2022-11-16 09:40:12 +0000 UTCOoooook check to the freaking mate! I dreamt about this show the whole night after watching this, dying to what's next. Not totally the "cozy" November show I thought it was going to be, but I'm hooked! Hope you enjoy and thank you so much for being here!!!
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In about 1980 while in high school, I got Modern Chess Openings -- a later edition of the same book that Shaibel gave Beth in the orphanage. We called it the chess bible. In the game she beat the handsome Townes, her last move before Townes resigned was to fork his king and rook with her knight. In English descriptive notation of the day, her move was N-N3 (check), forking his king at Q2 and rook at R5.
Clay F
2023-10-25 12:42:16 +0000 UTCTaking drugs is not cheating.
Clay F
2023-10-25 10:24:48 +0000 UTCDefinitely check out Anya Taylor Joy in The Menu. I just saw it. Along with Ralph Fiennes and Nicolas Hoult. You’ll definitely be hungry afterwards 😋
Joe M
2022-12-01 23:56:19 +0000 UTCI'm really liking it so far. I intended to only watch the first 2 episodes last night but ended up watching the entire first 5. Can't wait till you release the final ones.
Jonathan Hall
2022-12-01 00:17:19 +0000 UTCLet know what you think when you're done!
Cassie
2022-11-30 03:40:43 +0000 UTCSo, I haven't watched this show yet but considering you've liked all the movies and shows I've liked so far I'm going to give it a shot. First ever watch along I've tried for something I haven't seen yet. Seems like fun.
Jonathan Hall
2022-11-30 01:55:59 +0000 UTCYes, I just came here to say this.
Michael Weiner
2022-11-28 03:40:37 +0000 UTCI didn't realize it was the same actress until I rewatched these episodes with Cassie.
Michael Weiner
2022-11-28 03:39:17 +0000 UTCHehe ok 🙂 well it was tricky in the begining, before I figured out how it worked. Now it's pretty easy 😁 I'm on a "mission impossible" 🤪🤪 I want Cassie to do a reaction of the swedish movie "Fucking Åmål" aka "Show me love" from 1998. I know it was a success even in Denmark and Norway back in the days. So I have to harras every Scandinavians here and ask for requests 😬😬😏😏😉😉 The chances increases if more requests it. I hope so anyway 🤪🤔🤨😁
Björn Karlsson
2022-11-23 21:37:51 +0000 UTCSorry, I don't really use it. I find it too complicated. Almost makes me want to make a new one as a hobby project :)
Martin Skouboe
2022-11-23 15:43:27 +0000 UTC(Here we go again 🤪🤔🙃) I think you are scandinavian. 😇 Do you use Popcorn request? Because if you do, maybe you could help crazy swede like me? 😀😵💫🤨😛 https://popcornrequests.com/
Björn Karlsson
2022-11-22 20:12:35 +0000 UTCI love this series! Anya Taylor-Joy is amazing as Beth and it's so well put together. In a world where big movies butcher the concept of a strong female character, this series is a masterclass in story writing and shows that it's possible to write female characters that aren't one dimensional. That can have flaws, overcome challenges and adversity and grow along the way. I've been really looking forward to you watching this and I'm very excited to see this again for the 4th time along with you.
Martin Skouboe
2022-11-21 00:11:08 +0000 UTCNot only that. They had Kasparov evaluate some positions and improve the games played. Basically ”this move was played but that move is actually better so we use that one instead”
Björn Von Knorring
2022-11-20 21:11:59 +0000 UTCThis series is amazing. So glad you gave it a shot. My son is into chess and got me into this series. He says many of the high profile games were actual chess games played by grandmasters and championships.
Steven Ashford
2022-11-20 12:31:02 +0000 UTCI don't know about Cassie but that definitely blew my mind.. lol
Andrew Rose
2022-11-20 07:47:32 +0000 UTCI never had any interest in watching this show before (partially because I thought it was about Queen Elizabeth) but I wanted to watch somethin with someone so gave this a shot. I think I'm about to binge it haha. No way I'm gonna be able to wait like 3 or 4 weeks for you to finish. The custodian was really cool, I hope he makes another appearance. The mom seems a bit flaky but I'm withholding judgement. That counts as cheating what Beth did in her last match right? She was losing until she popped her pills, and then she turned it right around. Not cool Beth.
My_Cousin_Mose
2022-11-19 11:54:32 +0000 UTCOk Cassie. I'm going to blow your mind with this tidbit. Beltik is played by Harry Melling. You may know him better as...Dudley Dursley in the Harry Potter films!
OneManReactionFaction
2022-11-19 01:05:39 +0000 UTCI binged this show when it first came out but it's even better watching it with PIB. I knew Cassie would love it. Has anyone appreciated the very subtle facial expressions of the custodian when he is dealing with teaching chess? Amazing. And I love that he does not coddle her...treats her as an adult.
Anthony Perez
2022-11-18 15:11:18 +0000 UTC"Who knew chess could be so fun?" Millions of people, if not billions. For centuries.
Brent Petty
2022-11-18 04:09:30 +0000 UTC$5 in 1963 is the equivalent of $48.69 today when adjusted for inflation.
Brent Petty
2022-11-18 03:56:30 +0000 UTCI was surprised. The first two episodes were pretty good. I didn't think this show would be that interesting. I would never have checked it out. If you hadn't. Thanks, Cassie.
Rick Williams
2022-11-17 22:58:10 +0000 UTCI knew I recognized him from something. Weird seeing him slim.
Cole Jennett
2022-11-17 22:27:23 +0000 UTCWhenever I watch Queen’s Gambit I have a hard time wrapping my head around the fact that the actor who plays Beltik is that kid from the Harry Potter movies!
Mike LL
2022-11-17 07:40:42 +0000 UTCThis is apparently a Canuck term, am I right? Which would explain why I got the reference. Are you too a Northerner?
Kent Theaker
2022-11-17 06:33:18 +0000 UTCThis mini Series is Phenomenal. It was easily might favorite show the year it came out.
TinCan Cosmanaut
2022-11-17 03:30:51 +0000 UTClol I had the same reaction the first time when she said chesterfield. I was like couches? just like you did. Anyways thats way off topic but anyhoo glad you are enjoying it!
Caitlin
2022-11-17 03:30:42 +0000 UTCIt was worth the wait,Beth discovered she's a mathematical genius an up and coming chess tournament rock star! Can't wait to see her 60's wardrobe I've been hearing so much about.
Celeste McAllister
2022-11-17 02:31:32 +0000 UTCCouldn't have said it better myself :)
Celeste McAllister
2022-11-17 02:23:42 +0000 UTCIt was "The Robe" I'm going to watch,looks epic..
Celeste McAllister
2022-11-17 02:21:03 +0000 UTC"Get me three packs of Chesterfields." "Three couches?"
Carol_White
2022-11-17 01:59:52 +0000 UTCInflation Calculator: $5 in 1960 - 1965 = $50 - $47 today $100 in 1960 - 1965 = $1,017 - $955 today $500 in 1960 - 1965 = $5,085 - $4775 today
Larry Darrell
2022-11-17 01:00:05 +0000 UTCGood to see that someone who doesn’t understand chess can appreciate the show. They actually put lots of effort in the chess games and took inspiration from world class chess games (even ”improving” some of the games. So the pieces are definitely not throwned out at random.
Björn Von Knorring
2022-11-17 00:07:14 +0000 UTCCassie there is billions of billions of chess moves in the world. You literally cant know them all lol, so even if they start a way the variance is so different lol
Daniel Fowler
2022-11-16 23:59:02 +0000 UTCAs I recall, just after Alexander Alekhine upset Jose Capablanca for the world title, reporters asked Capablanca how many moves ahead he could see. Capablanca said, "typically, about 20 moves, but in certain situations, as many as 30 to 40 moves.". They then asked Alekhine, the new World Champion, the same question. His answer, "occasionally, one move". When I played chess, many years ago, my peak rating was 1860, not even Expert level. But I think Alekhine's is the more truthful answer. The point is that when your opponent is at your level, whether at the Grandmaster level, like Beth, or at the Class A level, like me, your opponent's resourcefulness is going to continually surprise you.
Mingo Wayama
2022-11-16 22:24:44 +0000 UTCGreat reaction, and I know I am going to enjoy re-watching this show with you. I play a little chess, but not to the point of having openings and defenses memorized. Chess is fundamentally a game of pattern recognition. There are relatively easy patterns to learn, like how to attack in a fork (attacking two different pieces with the same piece) or a skewer (attacking a high value piece through a low value piece), and there are way more complex patterns. When players of a certain level who have a huge knowledge of openings and defenses and variations, they can kind of see how a game is going to go just because they have played that kind of game so many times. But that doesn't mean that players don't (and often do) improvise and do something different - they may even lull you into thinking it's just a normal game, but they have something different up their sleeves. One of the benefits that Beth enjoys early on is that everyone is currently underestimating her skill, which could be absolutely HUGE in allowing a player like Beth to lead her opponents down a path to their destruction. Another thing I like about this show is strangely the whole drug thing. Yeah, drug abuse is huge in her life from an early age, and that is sad. But she evidently inherited a brain from her mother, and she has had a ton of Alternative Childhood Experiences (ACEs) that could cause her lots of problems. The drugs could help her calm her mind to where she can think clearly and quite literally see a chessboard and all the variations that can come from a single move. It is unfortunate that she couldn't have gotten the help that she needed. There are so many sides to her character, and that is what makes this show fun to watch. Anyway, this will be fun. You don't need to know any chess for it, any more than you needed to know baseball to watch Field of Dreams or Basketball to watch Hoosiers. But I could see where watching the show might ignite a desire to learn about it, and that is all to the good - we need more chess players in this world. :)
Damon Corrigan
2022-11-16 21:47:04 +0000 UTCThis reminds me of two movies you would like. The Kings Speech, and Searching for Bobby Fischer. Both are true stories, and you would find SBF a delight.
Bill Hayden
2022-11-16 21:04:21 +0000 UTCSo much fun and so enjoyable to get to rewatch this series with you. I love how, at the very end of the 2nd episode, for a microsecond, you were frustrated at the show being over. It lets us all know just how much you're enjoying it.
Art of Free Speech
2022-11-16 20:38:22 +0000 UTC@MetallicOpeth -At first, I thought I wouldn't distinguish your comment with a response... but then I thought; "No... Pure ignorance NEEDS to be called out!" and well... "How needy must you be, to twist that much idiocy?!?"
Terry Yelmene
2022-11-16 19:24:08 +0000 UTCGreat analogy, Jon Johns! You win!
Mike LL
2022-11-16 19:12:33 +0000 UTCHeaven itself!... or at least a match made in heaven... Cassie and Beth Harmon. Cassie not knowing about tranquilizers, nor Chesterfields, but sensing right away that Beth's mom was purposeful toward her end. After Cassie's Firefly react, I held no hope that a series reaction could be more perfect... but through these first episodes...it's been... HEAVEN!
Terry Yelmene
2022-11-16 19:12:00 +0000 UTCThis is an amazing series, but it is even better watching with you. The Best Ever week is getting better.
Mike LL
2022-11-16 19:01:28 +0000 UTCOoh sweet, this was one I always suggested 😊
Mannygogou
2022-11-16 18:50:35 +0000 UTCPretty good show but it lost something for me when I learned it was fiction.
Scott Macaulay
2022-11-16 18:44:07 +0000 UTCCassie, you mentioned that everyone already knows all the moves, so how does anyone win? I'd remind you that everyone in Hollywood already knows how to make billion dollar successful movies, but only a few actually succeed at making them 😉
Jon Johns
2022-11-16 17:15:57 +0000 UTCAnya Taylor Joy was such a revelation when this show aired. I’d never seen her in anything before, and her presence is so uniquely her own. I don’t know what other actress you can really compare her to. The thing that moves me about this story is how faithfully it chronicles a life defined by a specific passion. Chess is Beth’s religion. Nothing else comes close to making her feel seen or real the way that chess does. For an orphan, there is surely nothing more intoxicating than to be seen. The dark side of that kind of passion is that nothing else matters, nothing else feels as right. The humdrum daily world, with its lacking of black and white squares to move upon and its unsolvable personal openings and equations, becomes impossible to cope with.
Brian Harris
2022-11-16 16:56:36 +0000 UTCAnya Taylor Joy is so good. Great in The Witch and Last Night in Soho too.
Krusty “Topher”
2022-11-16 16:44:31 +0000 UTC“Lets play”
Mark D
2022-11-16 16:32:21 +0000 UTCGosh! Great reaction! Double Gosh take care of yourself, Cassie. You're coming down with something. Be good to yourself. Holidays coming up. You don't want to be sick in bed!
R Harper
2022-11-16 15:38:15 +0000 UTCI’ve yet to see this so I’m looking forward to watching it for the first time with you.
Alex Gorell
2022-11-16 15:32:49 +0000 UTCGreat show! Looking forward to watching along with you!
Robert da Spruce
2022-11-16 15:26:02 +0000 UTCOh nice! Great show...also, one of the rare shows to actually stick the landing and deliver a satisfying ending.
Matt Rose
2022-11-16 14:47:19 +0000 UTCCassie, you'll be happy to know, the prequel to the Mad Max film you enjoyed stars Anya Taylor-joy --> Furiosa https://www.imdb.com/title/tt12037194/
Jon Johns
2022-11-16 14:40:07 +0000 UTCI'm not positive but I believe the movie playing during movie night is The Robe https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0046247/
Jon Johns
2022-11-16 14:36:18 +0000 UTCeh, a little overrated. plus the main chick refuses to denounce communism in the show so she immediately loses all points and credibility
MetallicOpeth
2022-11-16 14:07:30 +0000 UTCWow! Forgot that her friend in the orphanage is a former Jedi who becomes an inquisitor!!! Wow!
Jon Johns
2022-11-16 13:47:23 +0000 UTCReally enjoyed this! Looking forward to the rest. The film screened at the orphanage is The Robe (1953). A biblical epic of such box office success it inspired The Ten Commandments (1956) and Ben-Hur (1959). It was the first film my Mom was allowed to watch and after she wanted to marry Richard Burton and be the most virtuous person possible. But of course, she wasn’t craving a tranquilizer at the time. Poor Beth!
Steve Holton
2022-11-16 13:20:26 +0000 UTCExcited for this!
Jordan Crosno
2022-11-16 13:19:15 +0000 UTCI knew you would love it! The show oozes soul and Beth has a unique charm! I have watched it three or four times allready and I am happy to watch it once more!
Dioskur
2022-11-16 13:09:25 +0000 UTCI like doing that also!
Tara
2022-11-16 12:51:20 +0000 UTCThe most chilling phrase “Close your eyes”😱
Mark D
2022-11-16 12:51:17 +0000 UTCI had no idea what I was getting into with this show and also got hooked. I think I binged it over a weekend, SO good! I can’t wait to watch when I get off work this evening.
Tara
2022-11-16 12:50:21 +0000 UTCHave never been able to carve out any time for this show even though I knew it was good and would probably enjoy it greatly. Looking forward to having a reason to watch it now! I really enjoy the experience watching something I've yet to see so I can react along with you and see how in sync we are in our reactions. :D
Dave Hill
2022-11-16 12:18:06 +0000 UTCCassie, you got me for the duration of this show! You’re in for a fun ride with this one.
Jeremy T Edwards
2022-11-16 11:34:40 +0000 UTCSame, don’t even have to know much about chess to enjoy it either, just a great show imo.
Goony71
2022-11-16 11:17:47 +0000 UTCI keep catching these uploads right when I’m about to go to bed. Watched this when it first came out and enjoyed it. Looking forward to the rewatch with you… But for now I must sleep! Goodnight! 🌙😴💤
Jeff Milcheck
2022-11-16 10:33:08 +0000 UTCI'm surprised to discover that I'm dead; much more surprised to find that I've gone to heaven! Thank you so much for reacting to this show. Been looking forward to this for a long time.
Mingo Wayama
2022-11-16 10:30:40 +0000 UTCLove this show
Matt
2022-11-16 09:53:35 +0000 UTC
