1. You know, most times when people
tell us something's for the best,Copy !req
2. it's for the worst.Copy !req
3. This time it's true, okay?Copy !req
4. I'll be right back.Copy !req
5. Hi, my name is Alice.Copy !req
6. Um, is Paul home?Copy !req
7. - I'm sorry, ma'am, this isn't a good time.
- Hey, what's going on?Copy !req
8. - Paul, who is that?
- I'm—Copy !req
9. Take Christopher back inside
right now.Copy !req
10. - What are you doing here?
- I came to say you were right.Copy !req
11. I was wrong.Copy !req
12. - Beth's in the car, just so you are aware.
- No, Jesus! Alice!Copy !req
13. It's been five years.
You can't just show up here!Copy !req
14. - I came because I can't do this.
- Listen to me.Copy !req
15. - Okay, I understand.
- I cannot.Copy !req
16. - I feel that I am letting her down.
- You cannot be here. Listen to me.Copy !req
17. I need you to get back in the car,
and you'll come back.Copy !req
18. - We'll talk another time.
- We can't.Copy !req
19. - We can talk now.
- No, we can't talk now.Copy !req
20. No, you shouldn't have brought her here!Copy !req
21. - Why did you bring her here?
- Because I need your help!Copy !req
22. It's too late! Please go.Copy !req
23. Mama?Copy !req
24. Who was that?Copy !req
25. A mistake.Copy !req
26. A-A rounding error.Copy !req
27. It's just a problem I gotta solve.Copy !req
28. What problem?Copy !req
29. What I do with you.Copy !req
30. This whole house belong to you?Copy !req
31. You're no orphan.Copy !req
32. Not anymore.Copy !req
33. You've been in Lexington this whole time?Copy !req
34. Uh, Louisville.Copy !req
35. What brought you back here?Copy !req
36. You don't seem
to like answering your phone.Copy !req
37. Mr. Shaibel died.Copy !req
38. There's a funeral day after tomorrow.
I thought…Copy !req
39. we could go together.Copy !req
40. Thank you.Copy !req
41. Mm.Copy !req
42. God, Beth.Copy !req
43. Yeah.Copy !req
44. I know.Copy !req
45. I'm working as a paralegal.Copy !req
46. - You went to college?
- I did, Kentucky State.Copy !req
47. I got a Physical Education scholarship.Copy !req
48. But when I found out
the school used to be calledCopy !req
49. the State Normal School
for Colored Persons,Copy !req
50. it made me want to study history,Copy !req
51. which pissed me off
way more than I already was.Copy !req
52. That's hard to imagine.Copy !req
53. I switched my major to Poli-Sci.Copy !req
54. I'm saving up for law school.Copy !req
55. I know, me, a lawyer,Copy !req
56. but the world is fucked up.Copy !req
57. And if I'm gonna change it,
I can't spend all my timeCopy !req
58. teaching white girls
how to hold a badminton racket.Copy !req
59. - I'm gonna be a radical.
- Didn't know that was a career choice.Copy !req
60. It will be.Copy !req
61. Mm-hm.Copy !req
62. Hm.Copy !req
63. I still take them.Copy !req
64. Looks like you're doing
more than pills, honey.Copy !req
65. Haven't had anything today.Copy !req
66. Not yet, anyway.Copy !req
67. I'm supposed to go to Russia
at the end of the year.Copy !req
68. - I'm afraid.
- Then don't go.Copy !req
69. I have to go.Copy !req
70. If I don't, there's nothing for me to do.
I'll just drink.Copy !req
71. Well, looks like you do that anyway.Copy !req
72. I need to quit the wine,Copy !req
73. and the pills, and…Copy !req
74. clean this place up.Copy !req
75. That'd be a good place to start.Copy !req
76. I have to study chess eight hours a day.Copy !req
77. They want me to play in San Francisco,
be on The Tonight Show.Copy !req
78. - I should probably do all of that.
- Who's they?Copy !req
79. Chess Federation.Copy !req
80. Oh.Copy !req
81. But what I want…Copy !req
82. is a drink.Copy !req
83. If you weren't here,
I'd probably have a bottle of wine now.Copy !req
84. You sound like Susan Hayward
in one of those movies.Copy !req
85. I read about this pop artist once.Copy !req
86. Bought an original drawing
by Michelangelo.Copy !req
87. When he got it home,Copy !req
88. he took a piece of art gum, and just…Copy !req
89. erased it…Copy !req
90. leaving nothing but a blank page.Copy !req
91. I remember being really shocked by that.Copy !req
92. Now, I wonder if I haven't
somehow erased my own brain.Copy !req
93. Let's pretend that you didn't
just compare yourself to Michelangelo.Copy !req
94. And let's look at where you're at,Copy !req
95. which after being here
all of five minutes,Copy !req
96. looks like it's at the bottom
of a fucking hole.Copy !req
97. It's looking a lot
like you dug it yourself.Copy !req
98. My advice,Copy !req
99. stop digging.Copy !req
100. Well, maybe it's in my blood.Copy !req
101. My mother went crazy.Copy !req
102. Went crazy or always was?Copy !req
103. I don't know.Copy !req
104. She drink or any such?Copy !req
105. No, never.Copy !req
106. She gone.Copy !req
107. Quit thinking about it.
It's not doing you any good.Copy !req
108. Besides…Copy !req
109. I got you a present.Copy !req
110. It was me all along.Copy !req
111. I was pissed at you for being adopted.Copy !req
112. What about for being
a white trash, cracker bitch?Copy !req
113. Who could forget?Copy !req
114. How much does a paralegal make, anyway?Copy !req
115. Not enough to buy this car,
if that's what you're wondering.Copy !req
116. Was a gift
from one of the partners at the firm.Copy !req
117. - Was it, now?
- Mm-hm.Copy !req
118. He wants to marry me,Copy !req
119. soon as he divorces
the wife he's already got.Copy !req
120. Sounds like a real peach.Copy !req
121. He's white, too.Copy !req
122. Rick, his name is.
He's teaching me how to play squash.Copy !req
123. Squash?Copy !req
124. A game rich white people play.Copy !req
125. I bet you'd be good at it.Copy !req
126. Whole firm is white.
They hired me to keep up with the times.Copy !req
127. Instead of the usual Black cleaning woman,
they wanted a clean, Black woman,Copy !req
128. with a nice ass and a good vocabulary.Copy !req
129. - And you are very clean.
- Mm.Copy !req
130. When I did the interview,Copy !req
131. I made sure to use a lot of words
like "reprehensible" and "dichotomy."Copy !req
132. They perked right up.Copy !req
133. But I'm gone the second I pass the bar.Copy !req
134. What I want is what you got.Copy !req
135. You've been the best
at what you do for so long,Copy !req
136. you don't even know
what it's like for the rest of us.Copy !req
137. So, what will your fellow radicals think?
You being with a rich white lawyer?Copy !req
138. Fuck 'em if they can't take a joke.Copy !req
139. A trailer?Copy !req
140. Wow, you really were the gold standardCopy !req
141. for white-trash girls everywhere,
weren't you?Copy !req
142. My mama came from money.Copy !req
143. Then she married into more of it.Copy !req
144. Then how did y'all end up way out here?Copy !req
145. It's complicated.Copy !req
146. I'll say.Copy !req
147. You wanna go in?Copy !req
148. Throw some rocks through the windows?Copy !req
149. Choices have consequences.Copy !req
150. No more chess.Copy !req
151. You're here
because your parents made certain choices.Copy !req
152. You will need to learnCopy !req
153. to make different choices.Copy !req
154. I just realized I don't ever
wanna go back in there again.Copy !req
155. "Come to me,Copy !req
156. all who are weary and burdened,
and I will give you rest."Copy !req
157. "Take my yoke upon you,Copy !req
158. and learn from me,Copy !req
159. for I am gentle and humble at heart."Copy !req
160. Mrs. Deardorff isn't here.Copy !req
161. None of them are.Copy !req
162. Deardorff fell and broke her hip.Copy !req
163. Right after you left.Copy !req
164. She had to walk with a cane after.Copy !req
165. Was never the same.Copy !req
166. Made me almost believe in God.Copy !req
167. I didn't know William Shaibel,Copy !req
168. but I'm told he was not a religious man,
so much as a solitary man.Copy !req
169. None of them are crying.Copy !req
170. And I'm told that for the past 23 years…Copy !req
171. They all look like
they're waiting in line at the bank.Copy !req
172. - …Methuen Home for girls…
- You okay?Copy !req
173. - He performed his duties…
- I feel bad.Copy !req
174. …quietly and diligently.Copy !req
175. I owed him ten dollars.Copy !req
176. Shh!Copy !req
177. Jolene.Copy !req
178. The director of the Methuen Home,
Helen Deardorff, says that…Copy !req
179. he was beloved by the staff
and students alike,Copy !req
180. that he had an admirable work ethic.Copy !req
181. I changed my mind.Copy !req
182. I'll only be a minute.Copy !req
183. You should be in chapel, young lady.Copy !req
184. Yes, ma'am.Copy !req
185. Beth?Copy !req
186. Oh, honey.Copy !req
187. Aw, did you bite off
more than you can chew?Copy !req
188. Aw, it's okay.Copy !req
189. Shh. It's all right.Copy !req
190. What we would really like
from you, Elizabeth,Copy !req
191. would be some kind of statement.Copy !req
192. Statement?Copy !req
193. Christian Crusade would like you
to make your position public,Copy !req
194. in a world where so many keep silent.Copy !req
195. What position is that?Copy !req
196. As we know, the spread of communismCopy !req
197. is also the spread of atheism.Copy !req
198. I suppose so.Copy !req
199. Oh, it's not a matter of supposing.Copy !req
200. It's a matter of fact,
of Marxist-Leninist fact.Copy !req
201. The Holy Word is anathema to the Kremlin,Copy !req
202. and the atheists who sit there.Copy !req
203. - I have no quarrel with that.
- Good.Copy !req
204. What we want
is a statement to that effect.Copy !req
205. - To the press?
- Exactly.Copy !req
206. We had something prepared. There you go.Copy !req
207. I'm a chess player.Copy !req
208. Of course you are.
But you're also a Christian.Copy !req
209. I'm not sure about that.Copy !req
210. I have no intention
of saying anything like this.Copy !req
211. - Why not?
- Because it's fucking nonsense?Copy !req
212. Christian Crusade
has already invested a good deal of money.Copy !req
213. We paid
for your last trip to San Francisco.Copy !req
214. We were all very proud of you.Copy !req
215. And we've already spent a good deal more
on your upcoming trip to the Soviet Union.Copy !req
216. Okay.Copy !req
217. Fine.Copy !req
218. I'll give it all back.Copy !req
219. I hope you know what you're doing, dear.Copy !req
220. Oh, it's official now.Copy !req
221. You're crazy.Copy !req
222. You are out of your fucking mind.Copy !req
223. Maybe. Probably.Copy !req
224. But I did it,
and it's too late to undo it.Copy !req
225. - Are the tickets paid for?
- No.Copy !req
226. Nothing's paid for.Copy !req
227. You understand you gotta pay Intourist
for the hotel in advance?Copy !req
228. I know that.Copy !req
229. I have 2,000 in my bank account.Copy !req
230. It would be more,
but I've been keeping up the house.Copy !req
231. It's gonna take a thousand more
to do it, at least that.Copy !req
232. - I was wondering—
- I don't have it.Copy !req
233. What do you mean?Copy !req
234. - You've got money.
- I don't have it.Copy !req
235. Did you gamble it all away?Copy !req
236. What difference does it make?Copy !req
237. You can call the Federation
or the State Department.Copy !req
238. The Federation doesn't like me.Copy !req
239. They think I haven't done as much
for chess as I could've.Copy !req
240. Should have gone on Tonight,
Phil Donahue…Copy !req
241. Benny, come on.
I don't wanna go to Russia by myself.Copy !req
242. - Benny?
- Are you kidding me?Copy !req
243. - What?
- First, you don't come back to New York,Copy !req
244. and you basically tell meCopy !req
245. that you'd rather be a drunk
than be with me.Copy !req
246. Now you pull this crap?Copy !req
247. No, you can fucking well go alone.Copy !req
248. Maybe I shouldn't have done it.Copy !req
249. Maybe I didn't have
to give the money back.Copy !req
250. Maybe? Maybe is a loser's word, Beth.Copy !req
251. - Benny…
- Don't call me anymore.Copy !req
252. What money the Federation
has comes from the magazine.Copy !req
253. Four hundred dollars
is the most we could possibly spare.Copy !req
254. State Department, please hold.Copy !req
255. - Thought you said you could play.
- I said I'm learning.Copy !req
256. - Cultural Affairs, O'Malley speaking.
- Hello?Copy !req
257. Oh, my God, I won!Copy !req
258. Three thousand dollars?Copy !req
259. Yes, straight away.Copy !req
260. I'll see what I can do.Copy !req
261. - I'll get back to you in an hour.
- An hour?Copy !req
262. No dice.Copy !req
263. I'm terribly sorry.Copy !req
264. There's no way government funds
can be handed out to youCopy !req
265. without more time and approval.Copy !req
266. Don't you have some petty cash
or something?Copy !req
267. I don't need funds
to undermine the government in Moscow.Copy !req
268. I just need…Copy !req
269. money for my trip.Copy !req
270. I'm sorry. I'm really sorry,Copy !req
271. but we will be sending
one of our men with you.Copy !req
272. Keep you safe.Copy !req
273. Keep me safe?Copy !req
274. - I shouldn't have bought the house.
- Or all those dresses.Copy !req
275. Three thousand is a lot.Copy !req
276. It's expensive to go to Moscow.Copy !req
277. I'll give it to you.Copy !req
278. What?Copy !req
279. No, you just said it's a lot of money.Copy !req
280. I have it and more. I've been saving.Copy !req
281. You need it for law school.Copy !req
282. I do.Copy !req
283. And you'll give it back…Copy !req
284. when you win.Copy !req
285. What if I don't win?Copy !req
286. It's still worth it.Copy !req
287. Or you could give me the black dress.Copy !req
288. Or the purple one. I like them both.Copy !req
289. You're like…Copy !req
290. my guardian angel.Copy !req
291. For crying out loud.Copy !req
292. Hey, Beth.Copy !req
293. Fuck you.Copy !req
294. Shaibel isn't the only one
who kept after you all these years.Copy !req
295. I know how you lost to Benny Watts
in Vegas and then beat him in Ohio.Copy !req
296. I read the papers.Copy !req
297. Even on a group trip into town,
I spent my ice cream moneyCopy !req
298. on the damn chess magazine
had your ugly face on it.Copy !req
299. For a time,Copy !req
300. I was all you had.Copy !req
301. And for a time,Copy !req
302. you was all I had.Copy !req
303. We weren't orphans.Copy !req
304. Not as long as we had each other.
You understand what I'm saying?Copy !req
305. I'm not your guardian angel.Copy !req
306. I'm not here to save you.Copy !req
307. Hell, I can barely save me.Copy !req
308. I'm here because you need me to be here.Copy !req
309. That's what family does.Copy !req
310. That's what we are.Copy !req
311. Someday, I might need you.Copy !req
312. It's doubtful.Copy !req
313. But you never know.Copy !req
314. But if I do…Copy !req
315. you'll come, won't you?Copy !req
316. I might.Copy !req
317. You been to Russia before?Copy !req
318. Have you?Copy !req
319. Once or twice.Copy !req
320. There's a few rules.Copy !req
321. One, stay in your hotel
at all times unless you're with me.Copy !req
322. Two, do not answer your door
or your phone, unless it's me.Copy !req
323. How will I know it's you
if I don't answer it?Copy !req
324. Three,Copy !req
325. no drinking.Copy !req
326. You just offered me a drink.Copy !req
327. That was a test.Copy !req
328. Let me know if any of the Russian players
tries to speak with you.Copy !req
329. In particular, Vasily Borgov.Copy !req
330. He sends a signal in any way,
or sends a note,Copy !req
331. I wanna know immediately.Copy !req
332. What exactly would a signal look like?Copy !req
333. Could be anything.Copy !req
334. - He could do it in one of your matches.
- How?Copy !req
335. I don't know.Copy !req
336. I don't play chess.Copy !req
337. Just be on the lookout.Copy !req
338. I'm told they may wanna talk.Copy !req
339. Talk about what?Copy !req
340. What part of the State Department
did you say you were from again?Copy !req
341. That the chess player?Copy !req
342. She looks like Ann-Margret.Copy !req
343. Let's hope the Russians like redheads.Copy !req
344. This is definitely better than mine.Copy !req
345. Remember, stay in your room at all times.Copy !req
346. Do not leave the hotel
unless you're with me.Copy !req
347. I'll get you in the morning.Copy !req
348. Will you knock two times fast
and one time slow?Copy !req
349. Good one.Copy !req
350. Welcome to Russia.Copy !req
351. Yes.Copy !req
352. This will do nicely.Copy !req
353. In the words of Thomas Huxley,Copy !req
354. "The chessboard is the world,Copy !req
355. the pieces are
the phenomena of the Universe,Copy !req
356. the rules of the gameCopy !req
357. are what we call the laws of Nature,Copy !req
358. and the player on the other sideCopy !req
359. is hidden from us."Copy !req
360. Ladies and gentlemen, dear comrades,Copy !req
361. please welcome…Copy !req
362. Elizabeth Harmon...Copy !req
363. Thank you.Copy !req
364. As far as
they knew, Harmon wasn't at their level.Copy !req
365. Someone like LaevCopy !req
366. probably didn't spend a lot of time
preparing for their match.Copy !req
367. Elizabeth Harmon's not at all
an important player by their standards.Copy !req
368. The only unusual thing about her,
really, is her sex.Copy !req
369. And even that's not unique in Russia.
There's Nona Gaprindashvili,Copy !req
370. but she's the female world champion
and has never faced men.Copy !req
371. My guess is
Laev was expecting an easy win,Copy !req
372. and not at all the 27-move thrashing
Beth Harmon just gave him.Copy !req
373. Um, yeah.Copy !req
374. Um…Copy !req
375. Yeah? Okay.Copy !req
376. Um…Copy !req
377. Beth Harmon's games
with Hellstrom and Shapkin were rigorous,Copy !req
378. and I'm sure,
for the young American, rather exhausting.Copy !req
379. But there was a solidity
to her opening movesCopy !req
380. that she was able to maintain
through the middlegame,Copy !req
381. and on to the point each of them resigned.Copy !req
382. Hellstrom, it must
be said, clearly took it rather hard.Copy !req
383. Didn't speak to Harmon afterwards.Copy !req
384. Shapkin, however,
was very decent, very civilized,Copy !req
385. and took his loss with grace,Copy !req
386. even though Harmon's win over him
was decisive and merciless.Copy !req
387. Vodka?Copy !req
388. Nyet.Copy !req
389. Luchenko's the oldest player here,Copy !req
390. was World Champion
before Elizabeth Harmon was born.Copy !req
391. He defeated the great Alekhine
in an exhibition when he was a boy,Copy !req
392. played to a draw with Botvinnik
and crushed Bronstein in Havana.Copy !req
393. And while he's no longer
the tiger he once was,Copy !req
394. he's a dangerous player
when allowed to attack.Copy !req
395. Harmon will have to be very careful.Copy !req
396. I don't understand.
Did we win, or did we lose?Copy !req
397. We adjourned.Copy !req
398. Meaning?Copy !req
399. Meaning we didn't finish.Copy !req
400. So, uh…Copy !req
401. when do we finish?Copy !req
402. Tomorrow.Copy !req
403. But right now, we really need some sleep.Copy !req
404. And maybe she takes with check.Copy !req
405. He takes back.Copy !req
406. But then she takes his rook.Copy !req
407. So what? He's got h5.Copy !req
408. Yes, that's a nasty pin.Copy !req
409. And she's done.Copy !req
410. - Oh, good evening.
- Good evening.Copy !req
411. Harmon had her 90 minutes of play,
and Luchenko had the same,Copy !req
412. along with 35 minutes
he had left from the day before.Copy !req
413. This put three things against her.Copy !req
414. Luchenko having the white pieces,Copy !req
415. his still unstopped attack…Copy !req
416. and that extra allotment of time.Copy !req
417. So, it was all the more impressiveCopy !req
418. when she beat him with 25 minutes
still on her clock.Copy !req
419. Excellent.Copy !req
420. What a brilliant recovery.Copy !req
421. I resign with relief.Copy !req
422. I've played your games
since I was a small girl.Copy !req
423. I've always really admired you.Copy !req
424. You are how old again?Copy !req
425. - I'm twenty—
- Oh, no. Don't tell me.Copy !req
426. It will only drive a stake
through my heart.Copy !req
427. I went over your games
at this tournament.Copy !req
428. You are a marvel, my dear.Copy !req
429. I may have just played
the best chess player of my life.Copy !req
430. You will get used to it.Copy !req
431. Thank you.Copy !req
432. So far, Harmon
is proving to be the biggest attractionCopy !req
433. since the Youth Festival in 1957.Copy !req
434. Some in Moscow are even calling her
an ambassador of sorts.Copy !req
435. This evening she played
the English opening against Flento,Copy !req
436. a sequence I've always found
to be like the Sicilian in reverse.Copy !req
437. He's nowhere near her level,Copy !req
438. and I don't think she expected
the game to go on for nearly four hours.Copy !req
439. But Flento put up quite a fight
along the two main diagonals,Copy !req
440. and played the Four Knights Variation
with a sophistication that looked,Copy !req
441. for a while at least,
like it was far beyond Harmon's.Copy !req
442. But by the middlegame,
she'd traded herself out of that position,Copy !req
443. and ultimately forced Flento to resign.Copy !req
444. The result beingCopy !req
445. she could come to her match
with Borgov tomorrow, exhausted.Copy !req
446. You shouldn't have brought her.
Why did you bring her here?Copy !req
447. - Because I need your help!
- It's too late!Copy !req
448. - Who was that?
- A mistake.Copy !req
449. A-A rounding error.Copy !req
450. It's just a problem I gotta solve.Copy !req
451. What problem?Copy !req
452. What I do with you.Copy !req
453. Mama?Copy !req
454. Close your eyes.Copy !req
455. Elizabeth Harmon plays pawn to Queen four.Copy !req
456. Borgov plays pawn to Queen four.Copy !req
457. Harmon plays pawn to Queen Bishop four.Copy !req
458. The Queen's Gambit.Copy !req
459. Borgov declines,Copy !req
460. moves pawn to King four.Copy !req
461. Borgov's
second move is a bit of a surprise.Copy !req
462. Normally, Borgov would do
something more solid,Copy !req
463. but here, he's going against his own style
and playing a rare line to win.Copy !req
464. He must win.Copy !req
465. Harmon's response
was a complete deviation from the Albin,Copy !req
466. which must've surprised him right back,Copy !req
467. whilst allowing her
to get out into the open.Copy !req
468. Now, the two of them can fight it out
from here with their own wits.Copy !req
469. Knight to G6. Go!Copy !req
470. Knight to G6!Copy !req
471. Adjourn.Copy !req
472. Miss Harmon, Miss Harmon!Copy !req
473. Paris Match, Time Magazine,
The Observer, Reuters, UPI…Copy !req
474. You're bigger than The Monkees.Copy !req
475. Please, I just wanna go to sleep.Copy !req
476. Don't be like that.Copy !req
477. It'd be good to talk to them.Copy !req
478. Tell them that being in Russia
has made you feel lucky to be an American.Copy !req
479. Ms. Harmon!
One question!Copy !req
480. Hi, Dick Evans from Time.
Do you have a minute?Copy !req
481. That depends.
Will you put me on the cover?Copy !req
482. - Hmm. Are you going to beat him?
- I haven't made any mistakes so far.Copy !req
483. Hm. Neither has he.Copy !req
484. Is it true you learned how to play
at an orphanage when you were two?Copy !req
485. - I was nine.
- Such a young age. Who taught you?Copy !req
486. His name was Shaibel.Copy !req
487. William Shaibel.Copy !req
488. He was a janitor.
We played in the basement.Copy !req
489. - The janitor taught you to play chess?
- That's right.Copy !req
490. William Shaibel was a fine player.Copy !req
491. He spent a lot of time at it,
and he was quite good.Copy !req
492. Now, will you please
promise to print that?Copy !req
493. Absolutely. Thank you.Copy !req
494. Yes, yes. Sure.Copy !req
495. Thank you.
If you'll excuse me, I'm very tired.Copy !req
496. Excuse me, Miss Harmon,
I'm with the Lexington Herald-Leader.Copy !req
497. Our readers back home in Kentucky
would like to know if it's true.Copy !req
498. That you're here all by yourself?Copy !req
499. How did you even get a visa so fast?Copy !req
500. The newspaper helped me.Copy !req
501. I'm an associate editor now.Copy !req
502. And the Moscow Embassy.Copy !req
503. - Really?
- Yeah.Copy !req
504. I'm guessing
they thought I'd distract you.Copy !req
505. If they only knew.Copy !req
506. I know you were angry with me.Copy !req
507. And I'm sorry.Copy !req
508. I should've told you the whole story.Copy !req
509. No.Copy !req
510. I'm sorry.Copy !req
511. I should have let you.Copy !req
512. I will admit…Copy !req
513. I was a little…Copy !req
514. confused.Copy !req
515. You really are something.Copy !req
516. But, um, what I really wanted
was for us to be friends.Copy !req
517. And you kind of broke my heart.Copy !req
518. I have a way of doing that.Copy !req
519. Do you forgive me?Copy !req
520. Clearly.Copy !req
521. Consider me your second. What do we need
to do to help you beat Borgov?Copy !req
522. Well, what I need are…Copy !req
523. the pills.Copy !req
524. The booze. I need my mind cloudy to win.Copy !req
525. - I can't visualize the games without them.
- Really?Copy !req
526. - You think that's what brought you here?
- I think that's what I'm used to.Copy !req
527. Yeah, but you've been doing fine
without all that.Copy !req
528. - Haven't you?
- Yes, I…Copy !req
529. threw away the pills.Copy !req
530. And then I asked the front desk
where I could get more.Copy !req
531. I just really need them right now.Copy !req
532. Or I thought I did.Copy !req
533. Hey.Copy !req
534. Lady, you were out!Copy !req
535. What time is it?Copy !req
536. It's late.Copy !req
537. Thank you.Copy !req
538. I'll get it. Drink your coffee.Copy !req
539. Yes, put him through.Copy !req
540. You all there?Copy !req
541. I'll put her on.Copy !req
542. - Hello?
- If he goes for the knight,Copy !req
543. hit him with a king rook pawn.Copy !req
544. Benny?Copy !req
545. If he goes for the bishop,
do the same thing,Copy !req
546. but open up your queen file.Copy !req
547. How do you know?Copy !req
548. It's in the Times.Copy !req
549. It's 7 a.m. here,Copy !req
550. but we've been working on it
for three hours.Copy !req
551. We?Copy !req
552. Hi, Beth.Copy !req
553. Hi, Harry.Copy !req
554. - It's really nice to hear your voice.
- Oh, well, hang on.Copy !req
555. Hey, Beth! Hey!Copy !req
556. - It's Mike!
- It's Matt!Copy !req
557. We're so proud of you!Copy !req
558. All right. Hey, assholes,
this is costing me a bundle.Copy !req
559. Beth, listen to me,
you gotta open up that file, okay?Copy !req
560. How do I do that?Copy !req
561. There are four ways,
depending on what he does,Copy !req
562. and we've each been working a way through.Copy !req
563. You have it handy?Copy !req
564. Yes, I do. Yes.Copy !req
565. Great, okay. Well, let's start
with his knight to rook four.Copy !req
566. We push that king knight pawn.
You got that?Copy !req
567. - Yes.
- Great. I'll pass you back to Harry.Copy !req
568. There are three things
you might do now.Copy !req
569. So, after the queen to knight three,Copy !req
570. you play knight to king six,Copy !req
571. then if he plays rook to rook five,
then you play pawn to king three.Copy !req
572. Another variation: If he plays
knight takes pawn on king five,Copy !req
573. then you take the rook.Copy !req
574. But if he plays rook to rook seven,Copy !req
575. check, then play rook to bishop two.Copy !req
576. Harmon! Harmon!
Harmon! Harmon!Copy !req
577. Harmon! Harmon! Harmon!Copy !req
578. Benny?Copy !req
579. It's almost five here.Copy !req
580. Okay.Copy !req
581. Go beat him.Copy !req
582. Borgov withdraws his queen to G6.Copy !req
583. Harmon's knight boldly invades E6.Copy !req
584. Borgov attacks Harmon's king-pawn.Copy !req
585. Shit.Copy !req
586. - He's not doing what he's supposed to do.
- Shh!Copy !req
587. Draw?Copy !req
588. Borgov never offers draws,
but he's offering Elizabeth Harmon one.Copy !req
589. If she accepts,Copy !req
590. she leaves the stage in a tie
with the world champion.Copy !req
591. If they play on,Copy !req
592. once the dust settles
and the endgame emerges,Copy !req
593. she could find herself
in a very different position.Copy !req
594. Borgov is death on endgames.Copy !req
595. He's famous for it.Copy !req
596. Harmon, on the other hand, is not.Copy !req
597. She's more known
for coming up early and strong,Copy !req
598. demoralizing her opponents from the start.Copy !req
599. So, I think she should accept the draw.Copy !req
600. The world will see it
as a solid achievement.Copy !req
601. A draw, however, is not a win.Copy !req
602. The one thing
we know about Elizabeth HarmonCopy !req
603. is that she loves to win.Copy !req
604. That was
the point of the sequence,Copy !req
605. beginning with the bishop,
cutting down the scope of the rookCopy !req
606. by forcing it to a less threatening rank.Copy !req
607. The question is…Copy !req
608. what will she do now?Copy !req
609. It's your game.Copy !req
610. Take it.Copy !req
611. She won!Copy !req
612. Thank you.Copy !req
613. Good for you, cracker.Copy !req
614. Good for you.Copy !req
615. Mm.Copy !req
616. The president has invited you
to the White House.Copy !req
617. There'll be a chess board
set up in the Oval Office,Copy !req
618. and, of course,
a photo-op of you kicking his ass.Copy !req
619. Texas being more of a checkers state.Copy !req
620. And there's a dinner tonight
at the Russian Chess Club in Georgetown.Copy !req
621. A lot of prominent dissidents belong, so…Copy !req
622. we've prepared a list of talking points.Copy !req
623. It's a big deal.Copy !req
624. Beating the Soviets at their own game.Copy !req
625. Could you stop the car, please?Copy !req
626. I'd like to walk.Copy !req
627. To the airport?Copy !req
628. You're gonna miss the fli—Copy !req
629. Harmon?Copy !req
630. Liza Harmon?Copy !req
631. Da.Copy !req
632. Harmon!Copy !req
633. Liza!Copy !req
634. Let's play.Copy !req