Evan's Gambit (2019)

Os soviéticos eram considerados os reis do xadrez e Boris Spassky (Liev Schreiber) era tido como invencível. Mas eis que Bobby Fischer (Tobey Maguire), jovem fenômeno norte-americano, o desafia no Campeonato Mundial de 1972, em plena Guerra Fria. EUA e URSS se enfrentam no tabuleiro em Reykjavík, capital da Islândia, e apenas um enxadrista sairá vencedor.

Após dez anos, um cavaleiro retorna das Cruzadas e encontra o país devastado pela Peste Negra. Sua fé em Deus é sensivelmente abalada e, enquanto reflete sobre o significado da vida, a Morte surge à sua frente querendo levá-lo, pois chegou sua hora. Objetivando ganhar tempo, convida-a para um jogo de xadrez que decidirá se ele parte com ela ou não. Tudo depende da sua vitória no jogo e a Morte concorda com o desafio, já que não perde nunca.

The story of the 1978 World Chess Championship between the Soviet Communist Party's protege, Anatoly Karpov and the traitor and Soviet defector, Viktor Korchnoi. One of those instances in life where truth is stranger than fiction.

The first documentary feature to explore the tragic and bizarre life of the late chess master Bobby Fischer.

A estratégia do jogo de xadrez permite que um psicopata criminal atue como um vampiro sobre mulheres jovens que se atrevem a dormir sozinhas. Um campeão da especialidade colabora com a polícia, na condição de suspeito e conhecedor das regras do jogo, para pegar o assassino.

No início dos anos 80, jovens gênios disputam um torneio para criar um programa de computador capaz de vencer um ser humano em um jogo de xadrez.

Endgame é um filme de drama biográfico americano de 2015 estrelado por Rico Rodriguez, Justina Machado, Efren Ramirez e Ivonne Coll. É baseado na história real do professor da vida real, Jose Juan "J.J." Guajardo

Based upon the novel by Vladimir Nabokov, a chess grandmaster travels to Italy in the 1920s to play in a tournament and falls in love.

Based on a true story from 1998, five Latino and Black teenagers from the toughest underserved ghetto in Miami fight their way into the National Chess Championship under the guidance of their unconventional but inspirational teacher.

Brooklyn Castle is a documentary about I.S. 318 – an inner-city school where more than 65 percent of students are from homes with incomes below the federal poverty level – that also happens to have the best, most winning junior high school chess team in the country. (If Albert Einstein, who was rated 1800, were to join the team, he’d only rank fifth best.) Chess has transformed the school from one cited in 2003 as a “school in need of improvement” to one of New York City’s best. But a series of recession-driven public school budget cuts now threaten to undermine those hard-won successes.

Famed culinary consultant Henry Ross is a charming food industry insider in San Francisco. When suspicious sabotage ends in a shocking murder at his friend’s five-star restaurant, Henry is put on the case with strong-willed police detective and single mom, Maggie Price. Despite Maggie’s protests, they must work together to decipher the clues and investigate all of San Francisco’s top culinary pros.

From a young age Magnus Carlsen had aspirations of becoming a champion chess player. While many players seek out an intensely rigid environment to hone their skills, Magnus’ brilliance shines brightest when surrounded by his loving and supportive family. Through an extensive amount of archival footage and home movies, director Benjamin Ree reveals this young man’s unusual and rapid trajectory to the pinnacle of the chess world. This film allows the audience to not only peek inside this isolated community but also witness the maturation of a modern genius.

Against the backdrop of Cold War, Glory to the Queen reveals stories of four legendary female chess players from Georgia who revolutionized women’s chess across the globe and became Soviet icons of female emancipation.

Todos os domingos, o solteirão, solitário e refinado juiz Mladen vai jogar xadrez com seu amigo, o escultor Fedji. Pouco a pouco, ele envolve-se num caso com Neda, a esposa de Fedji, e quase invisivelmente, um triângulo amoroso se forma. O tabuleiro de xadrez é a parte central do filme, enquanto os movimentos no tabuleiro refletem as emoções das personagens.

Two chess champions have a secret match to decide once and for all which of them is the better player.

Several days in the lives, and profiles of, the owners and players of the open air street chess tables in downtown San Francisco. An informative and insightful portrait of a freely public, yet effectively anonymous, subculture: a unique and colorful patch of eccentric americana in the urban quilt of an international city. —Anonymous

Four blind Indian boys compete to become chess masters.