The Queen's Gambit - a book that touches the heart

Even if you were born a prodigy in a certain field, what would your life be like without a proper childhood - a childhood filled with pranks with your peers and growing up in the care and love of your family? The Queen's Gambit - an excellent work by American writer Wanter Tevis, recently published by Kim Dong Publishing House, has an interesting interpretation of this topic.

The Gambit is set in America in the 1960s, revolving around the ups and downs of the life of chess prodigy Elizabeth Harmon, whom we know as Beth. An orphan brought to a children's home, Beth accidentally learned chess from the home's strict janitor Saibel. Instead of playing with dolls like her peers, the 8-year-old girl fell in love with chess, endlessly fascinated by complex chess games in her mind because she had no money to buy a chess board... Chess was how she and her adoptive mother earned money to make ends meet. She soon revealed her extraordinary intelligence, winning every battle. A small but resilient girl in a world of men's chess filled with gender discrimination. And a girl who fought against the pain of fate to heal herself and find her way to the pinnacle of glory in the world of chess....

Fans of this intellectual sport will find dramatic chess matches in Gambit After. However, what Wanter Tevis wants to bring to readers is the touching life story of Beth. In addition to practicing and competing in top chess tournaments, Beth is immersed in the darkness of loneliness, accompanied by sedatives and alcohol. Gambit After attracts readers because this is the chess game of a girl's life without anyone who truly loves her to care for, guide and balance her life. Will her will or self-destruction win?

Reading Gambit later, I suddenly remembered the life of the golden girl of swimming Nguyen Thi Anh Vien. Our country's swimming prodigy has been invested in since childhood, receiving long-term training in the US with a personal coach. Life is only about training and competition... Then, at a very young age, she announced her retirement with the reason to take care of herself and continue studying at university. Yes, balance in life, especially the life of talent, is always a difficult thing. A fragile balance.

Wanter Tevis's Gambit became even more famous when it was adapted into a very popular TV series by Netflix in 2020. At the prestigious 2021 Golden Globe Awards, Gambit won in 2 categories: Outstanding Miniseries and Outstanding Lead Actress. With the 2021 Emmy Awards, Gambit also won the awards for Best Limited Series and Best Director. A book that has touched the hearts of many people.

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