I haven't seen the movie yet but the credits (on IMDB) have Adam Raoof (I assume that is the same guy) listed a technical advisor for chess.
If the director didn't change things up to make it more interesting then I would guess it was a real game.
I haven't seen the movie yet but the credits (on IMDB) have Adam Raoof (I assume that is the same guy) listed a technical advisor for chess.
If the director didn't change things up to make it more interesting then I would guess it was a real game.
According to Adam Raoof, the chess consultant on the movie, "Actually not much of the footage of the actual game we filmed survived the edit, but it was a famous Larsen game with reversed colours and using some variations."
The game was based on Bent Larsen vs Tigran Vartanovich Petrosian (Santa Barbara 1966).
It must have been a variation, at the start of the move calling I believe it started with a Bishop sac, and ended with a discovery mate. I couldnt remember all of the moves being called out.
I wrote a blog about the chess-scene and you can read it here:
http://blog.chess.com/SFN/sherlock-holmesa-game-of-shadows
Is the chess game in the movie Sherlock Holmes: A Game of Shadows real? The characters call out their moves in usual notation, but the chess board isn't shown.