Season 1 of The Queen’s Gambit premiered on October 23, 2020. Sent to an orphanage at age 9, Beth develops an uncanny knack for chess — and a growing dependence…

In a Kentucky orphanage in the 1950s, a young girl discovers an astonishing talent for chess while struggling with addiction.

Private investigator Matthew Scudder is hired by a drug kingpin to find out who kidnapped and murdered his wife.