Famous Movie Chess Puzzles

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JaikrishnaaObulisamy

Chess masters have created many chess puzzles over time. Sometimes, they create special puzzles designed for certain movies like Harry Potter or Searching for Bobby Fischer. I created this forum so we could enjoy many different exciting chess puzzles that have been on the big screen. I will be posting puzzles on this forum soon. Feel free to comment, recommend, and post puzzles. 

JaikrishnaaObulisamy

I will be posting the first puzzle after at least 1 comment. 

TRUNGWIN315

Nice forum!

JaikrishnaaObulisamy

Thx. I will be posting the next puzzle soon. 

JaikrishnaaObulisamy

Hi everyone. This time I am going to be posting the Searching for Bobby Fishcer move chess puzzle. This is a 12 move combination and is very exciting. Lets get started. 

Before I show you the solution, try to solve the puzzle on your own!

Now its time for the solution and explaination. 

In the end, black wins becasue of a silly mistake that white did (capture the knight instead of push the pawn). An interseting fact about this puzzle is that in the movie, black offerd white a draw because he knew he was going to win, but white declined. I hope you all enjoyed it! I will post my next puzzle after I get another comment. 

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JaikrishnaaObulisamy

When you are trying to solve the puzzle, flipping the board might help. 

Debo129
Really cool idea for a forum discussion. It’s nice when movie producers try to create a genuine representation of an art.
JaikrishnaaObulisamy

I agree. 

JaikrishnaaObulisamy

Next puzzle: X-men movie chess puzzle (coming soon). It's not that famous, but its the first one I could find. Feel free to post your own chess puzzles or puzzles from movies you like (try not to repeat puzzles).

BlindThief

My personal favorite is Charlie vs Tang-see from Its Always Sunny, Episode Roses for Charlie.

 

Spoiler: it’s not an actual chess game, just illegal moves and blunders, but done so in a way that makes you believe Charlie is intelligent (he’s taking a Limitless style pull). The game is one of few foreshadows that Charlie is still an idiot 

JaikrishnaaObulisamy

LOL. If you find the game on the internet, feel free to post it here if you want to. 

BlindThief

A reddit discussion on the game

JaikrishnaaObulisamy

My reaction to the diagram: wait, Charlie's winning?! Oh no he just blundered while playing an illegal move. *Shaking head in disappointment*

JaikrishnaaObulisamy

X-men Xavier vs. Magneto chess puzzle

Hi everyone this chess puzzle is from the X-men movies (i'm not sure which one) and is a 4 move checkmate. Try to solve it without any hints.

 

As we can clearly see, white is dominating the kingside with three super powerful pawns. The only things stopping the checkmate are the two knights and blacks queen. All white has to do is remove the defenders. 

 
This is probably one of the most beatiful puzzles in chess since it shows the true power of pawns. Even though white is down a lot of material, he still manages to win. This is a very important lesson to learn. 
LJH184

hullo?

 

JaikrishnaaObulisamy

Hi