由沃尔特·特维斯1983的小说改编而成，讲述年轻的国际象棋天才从小在孤儿院走向国际舞台的故事，在20世纪50年代末，年幼的贝丝·哈蒙被人遗弃，托付给肯基塔州一家孤儿院，而贝丝·哈蒙从小就有着惊人的国际象棋的天赋，此时政府会给儿童提供镇静剂，使贝丝被自己心中的恶魔困住，在药物和自己的心魔双重压力下，逐渐的变成让人意想深刻且技艺高超的孩子，又下定决心要打破所有男性主导的国际象棋的传统。最终贝丝在1968年的年底坐上前往莫斯科的航班，参与莫斯科国际邀请赛，比赛阶段贝丝轻松打败其他欧洲的选手，进入到决赛圈，贝丝利用自己休息时间琢磨出新的计策，通过个人超强的天赋以及非常厉害下棋技术，按照自己心中制定的策略，开始连续出奇招，打败对方成为新的大赛冠军。

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.