Questions tagged [film]
Questions related to chess or chess players in films (UK English) / movies (US English) or television series.
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Does the new Netflix series “The Queen's Gambit” resemble any real life chess master?
Recently, a Netflix series has been launched entitled The Queen's Gambit which surely created a lot of hype in the chess community. Does the protagonist Beth Harmon resemble anyone (fully or partially)...
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In “The Queen's gambit” were there any famous games played?
Throughout "The Queen's Gambit" (Netflix) we see games at an advanced stage (after the opening).
And while the characters are fictitious, the show being set in the 1960s (Beth adult), Benny ...
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Chess movies in Hollywood & Bollywood
Are there any movies about chess in which World Champions or gandmasters have played actually any role?
For example, have Kasparov, Karpov, Anand, Carlsen, Kramnik, Polgar, Fischer, Tal or etc acted ...
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Is the chess game from the movie “Revolver” a plausible game?
The movie "Revolver" has a scene with a chess game: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eI1oSkX-Zag
Is the game plausible?
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Has the Soviet movie “Grandmaster” ever been translated into English?
I am looking for audio or subtitle English translation of this 1973 movie by director Sergey Mikaelyan. Does anyone know if that is available anywhere?
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Sherlock Holmes vs Professor James Moriarty, A Game of Shadow-Chess Game Position Reconstruction
The chess scene between Sherlock Holmes and Professor James Moriarty in the movie Sherlock Holmes: A Game of Shadows is one of my favorite movie scenes of all time. What intrigued me even more was ...
