01470cam a2200325 i 4500 478674226 TxGeo 20210115120000.0 820802s2003||||||||||||||||||||||||eng|u 2003267976 9781400030606 trade pbk. 1400030609 trade pbk. (OCoLC)51844969 TxGeo rda Tevis, Walter S. The Queen's gambit / Walter Tevis. First edition. New York, NY : Vintage Contemporaries, 2003. 243 pages ; 24 cm. txt rdacontent n rdamedia nc rdacarrier "Eight year-old orphan Beth Harmon is quiet, sullen, and by all appearances unremarkable. That is, until she plays her first game of chess. Her senses grow sharper, her thinking clearer, and for the first time in her life she feels herself fully in control. By the age of sixteen, she’s competing for the U.S. Open championship. But as Beth hones her skills on the professional circuit, the stakes get higher, her isolation grows more frightening, and the thought of escape becomes all the more tempting." --Amazon. 20250207. Women chess players Fiction. Chess players Fiction. Psychological fiction. Thrillers (Fiction.) QS5