Over the course of The Queen's Gambit's seven episodes, Beth Harmon makes and loses a lot of friends, but they still all come back to help her win her final match against Borgov at the end. ... Beth meets Harry Beltik in episode 2, when she beats him at her first professional tournament.

What episode does Beth Harmon beat Borgov?

In penultimate episode “Adjournment,” American chess prodigy Beth heads to Paris for her first-ever match with Vasily Borgov (Marcin Dorocinski), the fiercest player in the world. After a night of drinking in the City of Lights, a shaky and hungover Beth is trounced by Borgov.

Does Harmon lose to Borgov in Paris?

The answer: she got by with a little help from her friends. In the penultimate episode, Beth hit rock bottom after a painful and public loss to Borgov at a Paris championship, where a pre-competition bender knocked her off her game.