Life and Love
Book 1 of Chess and Love
Language: English
19th Chess Olympiad 1970 1969 World Championship 1972 World Championship Cycle Age Difference Allston Wheatley Alma Wheatley And the good stuff is coming Arthur Levertov Benny Watts Beth Harmon Bethov Canon Compliant Character Study Chess Cleo (The Queen's Gambit) Cold War D. L. Townes During Canon F/M Falling In Love Fanfiction Fluff Friendship Georgi Girev Harry Beltik In-Progress It contains important build-up Jolene (The Queen's Gambit) KGB Light Angst Luchenko (The Queen's Gambit) Mexico City Moscow Mr Booth (The Queen's Gambit) New York City Older Man/Younger Woman Original Characters Other Additional Tags to Be Added Paris (City) Please be patient with the canon part Post-Canon Romance Slow Burn Some depiction of canon compliant substance abuse The Queen's Gambit (TV) The USSR vs the Rest of the World Vasily Borgov Vasily Borgov/Beth Harmon William Shaibel
Publisher: archiveofourown.org
Published: Apr 28, 2021
Description:
When her mother deliberately crashes their car, it ends Beth’s life as she knows it and strands her at Methuen Home. She has yet to learn of the chain of events this will set in motion. The one that will start with her introduction to the world of chess, give her a new mother, and take her far beyond the borders of Lexington.
As she works her way towards the very centre of that world, she meets numerous other people along the way. But among weak opponents, friendships, rivalries, and hardships there is one person who sticks out from among them all. Vasily Borgov, the intimidating World Champion from the Soviet Union with a face that is much harder to read than the sixty-four squares he rules over, catches her eyes from the start and she finds it impossible to look away.
Or, we follow Beth through canon and into the years beyond as she struggles with finding her place in the world, creating bonds with others, and substance abuse, but also finds the good things in life, such as success, friendship, and love.