Episode 1

In Paris in 1976, a hurried knock on the door woke up a woman immersed in a bathtub. Her name was Elisabeth.She hurriedly swallowed two green pills and hurried to a chess game.This scene reveals the intensity of her life and her obsession with the game of chess.

Elizabeth is an orphan. Her parents died in a car accident when she was very young.She was adopted by an orphanage and began a difficult life.In the orphanage, she meets Jolene and Ms. Didolf.Jolene is a kind girl, while Ms. Didolf appears to be affable, but is actually stern.During her days in the orphanage, Elizabeth experienced many hardships, but she never gave up.

Elizabeth's love for chess began when she met an old man in the basement.Her keen observation and unique insights into the chess game impressed the old man, and he began to teach her how to play chess.However, Elizabeth placed too much emphasis on winning and losing and did not respect the chess game, which ultimately angered the old man and prevented her from entering the basement again.

However, this did not stop Elizabeth's love for the game of chess.By collecting vitamin pills, she once again opened the door to the basement.She carefully played chess with the old man and gradually grew up.In each chess game, she learned to respect her opponents and how to face winning and losing.

At the age of nine, Elizabeth got her first chess book.She secretly learned chess games in class and showed amazing talent.Her chess skills gradually gained recognition, and she was eventually given the opportunity to play chess in high school.

However, Elizabeth's life was not all plain sailing.The government banned orphanages from providing tranquilizers to children, causing Elizabeth to suffer withdrawal symptoms.On the way to the high school, Jolene gave her two tranquilizer pills to help her get through it.

In the high school chess game, Elizabeth showed amazing strength.She defeated 20 contestants and won everyone's admiration.However, after the game, she sneaks out of the screening room and ventures into the medicine station in order to get a tube full of tranquilizers.Eventually, she lost consciousness due to an overdose of sedatives, and the glass bottle in her hand shattered.