The Queen's Gambit question

To my opinion, the vividness of the book has been perfectly brought to life by the series, I would say no preference between the two, it has been a pleasure reading the novel while catching up with the series. The attention to detail in the series is mesmerizing, especially as Beth visually becomes the queen of chess

for me tbh its gotta be the book, it was writen interestingly and i found it way deeper and more logical than I experienced the show. furthermore i would like to still say the show was very good but did not resonate to me on the level that the book managed to do.

The tv show was really similar to the book but the only thing that took my attention was in the book when Beth is in Paris before he plays against Borgov Beth doesn't get drunk she simply loses because she is not 'enough' I think this was an important part of the book because this scene clearly shows how much of a perfectionist Beth is. In the tv show she lost to Borgov in her lowest when she was hungover but in the book she lost without making a single mistake. I think because of this we can see Beth's character development more in the book.

The show is much better, I only read the book for more Beth and Benny moments

I almost always prefer books to film adaptations of them, but this, The Godfather, and Forest Gump are exceptions. I think it's mainly because of Anya Taylor-Joy's memsmeriz performance as Beth Harmon that I prefer the miniseries.

I loved both, but I think the book takes the win, mainly due to Harmon's loss to Borgov in Paris and her reaching out to Jolene. She wasn't drunk when she lost, she was as sober as she could be, but she still lost. It makes sense how that would impact her as big as it did. She did everything right and she still lost. Also, Harmon reached out to Jolene, instead of Jolene coming to rescue her(at least that's how I see it). It shows that Beth wanted to get better, she wanted to get out of her spiral. But I did like Beltik coming back to check on her in the show and him being in New York with Benny.

I loved both, maybe slightly more the show. The show is way more "calm" to me, while the book is very direct. I wish the book had more environment descriptions, but Beth's character is way more developed.

The book was repetitive and boring, the show was the same but at least it looked good imo

Tevis did a pretty good job with this one. I liked the book and the show.

I really liked both, I can't chose omg. Moreover, there was not much difference between the show and the book so it's even harder to choose. But I admit that the show stucked me more like for example while reading the book i couldn't stop imagine Anya Taylor-Joy as Beth (god I love this actress)

I absolutely loved the show but the book was even better. They are similar and after reading the book, I'm still happy with how the show was made, but the book contains so may juice details, descriptions of Beth's everyday life, getting ready for the tournaments, all so well written - both her highs and lows. I'll rewatch the show maybe once but I'll reread the book many many times.

Very rarely do I prefer adaptions to the source but this is one of them(along with 'A little Princess').
The book is still worth the read but it feels like the changes for the series are to create a much more rounded story/character arc for Beth. Lots of the book and show are 1 to 1 to include dialogue so it doesn't have huge deviations. But when the show does divert heavily it feels all the better for it in my opinion.

I prefer both

Show, definitely the show. The book is boring, flat, racist and very unpleasant. Trigger warnings for child sexual assault.