Fake dating fic. She's an international superstar, but he's got the charm. What might happen if the USCF put them together, for the good of chess? Will Beth and Benny stay friends, or will they finally admit that they are a perfect match?

B 2 over the holidays. Prompt fics for newyearcntdown on DW.

L'Étranger (fr): the outsider; the foreigner. What do you do after you've done everything? Beth has to think of something. Beth's journey from Moscow to the World Championship, and all the people who, one way or another, come along with her.

Because some miracles are perfectly ordinary. (Background B 2; set before, during and long after The Golden Age (4th chapter of An Exchange of Kings)

What if Harry hadn't knocked on Beth's door? What if it had been Benny? What if he'd known where the spare key was, and found Beth on the floor? And what if he decided to look after her, to pick up her broken pieces and try to put them back together?

Beth finally went to New York.

Fresh off her victory in Russia, Beth goes to New York to make amends with the one person who truly understands her, and who she can't seem to be happy without: Benny Watts.

Beth is the subject of international attention.

Post épisode 4. Alors que les médecins emportent le corps d'Alma, Beth sombre dans ses démons (WARNING: T pour propos parfois vulgaires et trauma psychologique)

Sa mère était morte. Sa, seconde, mère, celle qui l'avait adoptée, sauvée, aimée, soutenue, sa seconde mère était morte. Beth pouvait se sentir sombrer dans une spirale d'une violence indescriptible, lorsqu'un coup résonna sur la porte de sa chambre (post-épisode 4, Middle game)

Beth estaba acostumbrada a las preguntas intrusivas provenientes de reporteros.

Benny decides to break his rules when Beth beats him at speed chess - a possible version of Benny's thoughts in ep 6.

Après sa victoire au championnat du monde de Moscou, Beth rentre aux Etats-Unis, et hésite à retrouver Benny.

Alors il n'y en a pas non plus, c'est une série de 15 drabbles sur la série. La longueur va de 100 à 350 mots. tout personnage, pas de spoiler.

Three years after her famous match with Borgov, Beth Harmon shocks the chess world by taking a break to start college. Enter Harry Beltik, who is surprisingly good at physics and kind enough to let Beth stay in his apartment. When Beth decides that Harry needs a chess tutor, it's a perfect match. But anything more than friendship is completely off the table– for now.

Now the silence could be broken Suddenly Beth wasn't so sure she wanted to see her future And now there was nothing he could do but wait Beth Harmon is not going to die. Not yet. They were never going to let each other go Benny thinks about Beth only to get advice from an old friend of hers...

After the speed chess night, Beth draws a line in her head. A line marked by the doorframe of Benny's room. A line she cannot cross. Until Benny has to leave the apartment. A little stop-gap fic for what happened between the 'Do you still like my hair' and Paris. Beth and Benny.

She is his check and he is her mate

"Je veux faire quelque chose qui aura rendu le monde différent. Je marquerai d'une façon positive mon passage dans ce monde". Il avait échoué. Il avait neuf ans quand il avait promis cela, et avait échoué depuis. Il ne serait que le gardien d'un orphelinat, parfois apprécié, souvent invisible. Cette fillette qui louchait sur son échiquier n'y changerait rien. Si ?

Après sa victoire en U.R.S.S. et son retour chez elle, Beth envisage son avenir à travers les relations qu'elle a nouées ces dernières années, et notamment avec Benny qu'elle aimerait remercier pour son aide… Mais à émotions troubles, stratégie compliquée ! (fic en 5 chapitres)

"'You're a champion,' he tells her, blunt and correct as ever. 'You need company.'" Or, Beth comes home from Russia to find a familiar face waiting on her doorstep. She may or may not have feelings about it. (Oneshot)

An innocent question sets off an argument. Filling in the blank between Benny's question and their waking up together. Because Netflix owes us that scene (and kiss). Canon-compliant.

With her victory against Borgov behind her, Beth must win one more game. But games of the heart are far harder to win than games of chess. Beth and Benny.

Beth and Harry are alone, at her house, after a celebration of her return from Russia. She wants to apologize for her past behavior and he wants to be sure that if there is something new that it is real. The world needs more Beth/Harry!

I really enjoyed the Queen's Gambit on Netflix. This a stream of consciousness for Beth when Harry leaves her house for good. We need more Beth/Harry fics! I hope you enjoy.