Movies about chess?
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Wow, I've gotta check all these out.
I liked 21 but never saw a chess movie.
Jan 18, 2018
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#23
Agree, by all accounts Spassky was a great guy and not at all the stereotypical stony faced Soviet representative.
I agree on that one Snookslayer. I don't like how they portray Spassky as a villain either.
Jan 18, 2018
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#25
I can't stand the liberties taken with Pawn Sacrifice from Lombardy to Spassky to Fischer, too many to take the film seriously. Though few will agree, I like the the Swiss/French film Dangerous Moves (1984) much better, probably because the characters are composites with the basic theme being the defector versus the Soviet loyalist as in the two Korchnoi-Karpov matches. The ending was possibly inspired by the visit Fischer made to the hospital in which Tal was seriously ill with kidney problems and forced to withdraw from the Curacao Candidates Tournament of 1962. Here's the photo.
Feb 15, 2018
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#26
@fightingbob
I did like Pawn Sacrifice despite the inaccuracies but Dangerous Moves is a truly great movie and my favourite chess film by far! And thanks a lot for posting the Tal-Fischer pic: I heard about that visit but never saw it documented!
Feb 15, 2018
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#27
If someone were to ask me; what's the best chess movie you ever saw up untill now? My answer would be The Dark Horse.
Feb 17, 2018
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#28
The Dark Horse is really, really good. I wish I could get my hands on something like a For-TV edited version to make it appropriate to show in chess club.
Amulet, the book?
"Queen to Play" might be interesting:
Snookslayer wrote:
the movie was about more than the last game lol. if you discredit the movie over that one scene,..well, not sure what to say about that. you must not like any sport movie ever made. because most if not all has a scene like that..it's there to make a point.. christ, most films that even show a chess board usually have the pieces set up wrong..(black square to the right).. haha
anyways.. like it or not..seems it had a big impact on you.
if they reshot that last scene and put a more complicated chess position. .you would recommend it? lol
Searching for Bobby Fischer was the WORST chess movie of all time. In the big climax - The kid offers a draw in a winning position... just to be nice? Then the "mean" kid refuses it, only to overlook the most obvious pin any beginner would see. Ugh... I felt dumber for watching it.
Vechtschaak wrote:
If someone were to ask me; what's the best chess movie you ever saw up untill now? My answer would be The Dark Horse.
Looks great. I just ordered it. Thanks.
I loved The Luzhin Defence. It portrayed a player I think of as almost a stand-in for Fischer: a strange personality with a mental disorder who was addicted to the game and undeniably brilliant at it. Major difference being that Luzhin killed himself if I remember correctly. Still an interesting story.
Feb 18, 2018
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#35
Larsenite wrote:
I loved The Luzhin Defence. It portrayed a player I think of as almost a stand-in for Fischer: a strange personality with a mental disorder who was addicted to the game and undeniably brilliant at it. Major difference being that Luzhin killed himself if I remember correctly. Still an interesting story.
Yes, I enjoyed the film too, but it took great liberties with Vladimir Nabokov's novel, which quite naturally is deeper. As usual, John Turturro and Emily Watson were excellent.
In the novel the protagonist, Aleksandr Ivanovich Luzhin, is based upon Curt von Bardeleben, the player best remembered for losing a now much anthologized game to Wilhelm Steinitz (click here and here for more).
Regarding the film, the director Marleen Gorris may have added a few Fischer touches, but nothing is mentioned in the Wikipedia entry on the film. British Grandmaster Jonathan Speelman was a consultant on the film insuring positions were accurate, but even then the continuity supervisor goofed up one position. For more click here, and for those who have not see the trailer, click here.
The problem with SfBF is that it vilifies Jeff Sarwer. It portrays him as a sort of devil incarnate.
The Dark Knight, excellent NZ movie about small town kids taking their game to the city