The best 10 films about chess part 1

10--  knights of the south bronx 
Talking about Richard Mason, an out-of-work businessman, takes up supply teaching in a tough Bronx school, but he finds it hard to motivate his pupils until they discover he's a chess champion
Initial release 2005
Rated 6.7 imdb
Duration 1h 30 m

9-- the luzhin defence
Set in the late 1920s, "The Luzhin Defence" tells the story of a shambling, unworldly chess Grand Master who arrives in the Italian Lakes to play the match of his life and unexpectedly finds the love of his life. Discovering his prodigious talent in boyhood overshadowed by his parents' failing marriage, Luzhin's lyrical passion for chess has become his refuge and rendered the real world a phantom.
Initial release 2000
Rated. 6.8 imdb
Duration 1h 50m

8-- knight moves 
When a number of women are violently murdered in the middle of a big chess tournament, chess star and grandmaster Peter Sanderson (Christopher Lambert) is named the primary suspect, since his girlfriend is among the victims. But Peter then receives a taunting call from the killer, daring him to solve the deadly game. Even under suspicion, Peter joins forces with two detectives (Tom Skerritt, Daniel Baldwin) and a psychologist, Kathy (Diane Lane), to track down the killer.
Initial release 1992
Rated. 6.1 imdb
Duration 1h 56m

7--- fresh 
Fresh (Sean Nelson) is a 12-year-old drug dealer who finds himself trapped in a web of poverty, corruption and racial tension in Brooklyn, New York. When his drug-addict sister Nichole (N'Bushe Wright) starts sleeping with local drug lord Esteban (Giancarlo Esposito), Fresh calls upon the skills he learned playing chess with his alcoholic father and speed-chess champion Sam (Samuel L. Jackson) and devises a complex strategy that will free both himself and his sister.
Initial release 1994
Rated. 7.5 imdb
Duration 1h 55m

6-- game over kasparov and the machine 
This documentary focuses on the match between chess champion Garry Kasparov and Deep Blue, an IBM computer designed to play the game at the highest level. In the years prior to the 1997 match, Kasparov was known as the best talent in chess history, but he grows agitated when Deep Blue opens the contest by playing better than expected. Kasparov argues that IBM is somehow cheating to better its chances of victory, and his contention casts a shadow over the match's dramatic finale
Initial release 2003
Rated. 6.7 imdb
Duration 1h 30m