Adapted from Walter Tevez's 1983 novel about young chess players The story of a genius growing up in an orphanage to the international stage, in the late 1950s, the young Beth Harmon was abandoned and entrusted to an orphanage in Kenkyota, and Beth Harmon had amazing At this time, the government will provide sedatives for children, so that Beth is trapped by the demons in his heart. Under the double pressure of drugs and his own demons, he gradually becomes an unexpected and superb child. , determined to break all male-dominated chess traditions. In the end, Beth took a flight to Moscow at the end of 1968 to participate in the Moscow International Invitational Tournament. During the competition, Beth easily defeated other European players and entered the finals. Beth used her rest time to figure out a new strategy. With super talent and very powerful chess playing skills, according to the strategy formulated in his mind, he began to make a series of strange moves, defeating the opponent and becoming the new champion of the competition.