There was Kronsteen in the Bond film From Russia With Love - and in one of the Bond books, Bond muses on various sorts of villainy and includes 'chess-playing Russians'.
Chess playing villains!
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Cant think of too many myself but maybe it is because Russians are traditionally strong chess players and Russians are often viallains in American Cold War era action films
Apr 14, 2010
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DC-poc wrote:
Chess, Intelligence and not being American are all key signs of the average villain.
Uh, Austin Powers was neither intelligent, nor American, nor a villain, yet he played chess in one of the movies with a Russian supermodel/spy.
Thank goodness films don't reflect reality.
Apr 14, 2010
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LeChiffre from Casino Royale was a gifted chess prodigy in his youth.
Though as people have already indicated, the stereotype of a typical manipulative/scheming villain often has him pursuing some intelligence-requiring hobby as a form of release.
Why are there so many tv/movie chess playing bad guys?