Thanks to The Queen's Gambit, Slovakia has found its Beth Harmon
Despite coming from a poor environment, an 11-year-old girl is able to defeat her more experienced rivals at chess. Slovakia’s Beth Harmon is Agáta Berková from Poltár (Banská Bystrica Region). She has been playing chess since she was six and is the most talented in the Roma chess team, Hrochotskí Jazdci (Riders from Hrochoť). “I play chess because I like it,” Agáta said, as quoted by the Netky.sk website. “I meet with people while playing and I cultivate my thinking.” She is being raised by her father, a single parent, who was also her coach.