Plausible?
I liked the movie as a work of art, but I wonder if it is at all plausible that a woman that age could get that good at chess that quickly.
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Nope. Any tournament with 1500 Euros as a first prize will be visited by masters, probably also grandmasters. IM's and GM's have got there with at least 5-10 years of extremely hard work (say, 6-8 hours/day) and well-chosen high level tournaments for practice and gaining rating points. Note that this holds also for child prodigies. From what I could tell, she was taking lessons for about half a year with 2h/week with a coach and (say) 2h/day without after bedtime. It requires huge suspension of disbelief to believe that she got anywhere close to master level.
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The film was trying to run with the idea that she was a late blooming prodigy. It wouldn't put it out of the realm of possibility but those chances are extremely slight.
Anyway this was just one tournament. I think Helene will go to plenty where she will not win. The most important thing is that she took a step to follow her passion.
It's possible, but very unlikely. We see virtually nothing of the games in the film (sadly), but I think the suggestion is strongly made that she is a real emerging talent, such as when Kroger and her play a game without the board and pieces late in the film. 🐭
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