https://news.yahoo.com/queen-gambit-true-story-explained-210200430.html
In a fun twist, as McClain noted, since Fischer was known to be dismissive of female chess players and once claimed they were less intelligent than men, "Making Beth recall a female Fischer may have been a sneaky, and wonderful, way to send up that assessment."
So they "owned" Bobby Fischer and his wholly accurate assessment of female chess players by grafting his skill and personality onto a fictional female chess prodigy who is more accomplished than any real female player in history? That'll show him, eh?
This is just so painfully "Netflix".
Eh, Scrabble isn't the best example.
Helen Gipson is the top woman worldwide, peaked out at 3rd overall in the UK, and has beat Nigel Richards.
It's not like athletics where the raw potential just isn't there. With Scrabble you're just dealing with people who are several sigma off mean. The top players in the world don't change much year to year.