[stephen.q.pankow]

I agree, this is a great series. I was worried that it would turn out to be some sad tale of a young women's struggle to make it in a male dominated sport, or some type of soap opera with chess play only serving as a superficial background element. Luckily, it was neither.

I read a critique of the movie's chess content by a serious chess expert, who said that it was surprisingly accurate, right down to the tournament settings which were correct for the period. To insure that the details of the the chess play were reasonable, most of the games were actual games played by grand masters of the period. They even went to the point of teaching the lead actress how to move the pieces the way that a grand master would.

The only inaccuracies he spotted were that talking to one's opponent during a game is considered bad sportsmanship, and that the game play was sped up to take place in minutes rather than hours. Even these can't be considered flaws, only reasonable dramatic devices.