I spend some time on YouTube trying to find that episode, but I couldn't find it. Do you have a link to it? Thank you!
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Apr 20, 2018
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#3
That's; easy! Just watch this https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7JISgsyVgUA&index=11&list=PLtYXkH_xo77PJ26RBPoNoXbBZCMuVcZ7Q
Lol
Apr 23, 2018
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#5
weird stuff are happening on here lol there were other messages, but they were deleted lol
Apr 23, 2018
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#7
ghost_of_pushwood wrote:
Uh-oh, looks like he's talking to himself again...
What's this then?
Apr 23, 2018
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#10
this is my list:
1. Searching for Bobby Fischer, released in the United Kingdom as Innocent Moves, is a 1993 American drama film written and directed by Steven Zaillian. The film was his directorial d...more on Wikipedia
2. The Luzhin Defence is a 2000 film directed by Marleen Gorris, starring John Turturro and Emily Watson. The film centres on a mentally tormented chess grandmaster and the young woman he meets while competing at a world-class tournament in Italy. The screenplay was based on the novel The Defense by Vladimir Nabokov. Emily Watson received best actress nominations at the British Independent Film Awards and the London Film Critics Circle Awards. ... more on Wikipedia
3. Knight Moves is a 1992 American thriller film, directed by Carl Schenkel and written by Brad Mirman, about a chess grandmaster who is accused of several grisly murders. ... more on Wikipedia
4. Knights of the South Bronx is a 2005 TV film about a teacher who helps students at a tough inner-city school to succeed by teaching them to play chess. It was directed by Allen Hughes and written by Jamal Joseph and Dianne Houston. ... more on Wikipedia
5. Pawn Sacrifice is an American biographical film directed by Edward Zwick and written by Steven Knight. The film stars Tobey Maguire as Bobby Fischer, Liev Schreiber as Boris Spassky, and Lily Rabe as Joan Fischer. It is scheduled for theatrical release on September 18, 2015. ... more on Wikipedia
6. Game Over: Kasparov and the Machine is a 2003 documentary film by Vikram Jayanti about the match between Garry Kasparov, the highest rated chess player in history and the World Cha...more on Wikipedia
7. Bobby Fischer Against the World is a documentary feature film that explores the life of the late chess Grandmaster and 11th World Champion Bobby Fischer. It incorporates interviews with chess players Anthony Saidy, Larry Evans, Sam Sloan, Susan Polgar, Garry Kasparov, Asa Hoffmann, Friðrik Ólafsson, Lothar Schmid and others. It includes never-before-seen footage from the World Chess Championship 1972. ... more on Wikipedia
Just to give you a few. Please, be free to add more. Thank you!
Apr 24, 2018
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#11
ghost_of_pushwood wrote:
Luzhin Defense stunk.
Yeah, I didn't liked the end, but can happen. so many great chess players went mad. Now I'm watching this https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pe-EnYepjGI
Apr 24, 2018
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#12
ghost_of_pushwood wrote:
Luzhin Defense stunk.
I liked the glamour of life lived by top chess players
Apr 24, 2018
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#13
ghost_of_pushwood wrote:
They didn't even know how to capture the pieces right--it all looked very phony (and based btw upon an even worse book).
Well, from chess point of view maybe, but as an idea and as a movie I like it. They successfully presented an entertaining way of life and they made an inspirational piece of art for many people.
Apr 24, 2018
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#14
Aizen89 wrote:
I didn't care for it either. However, I really liked Knights of the South Bronx. I haven't seen Knight Moves though.
It's a very good one. Try it on YouTube. Maybe somebody post it. And I also recommend Queen to Play is a 2009 film directed by Caroline Bottaro. ... more on Wikipedia
Apr 24, 2018
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#15
catdogorb wrote:
ghost_of_pushwood wrote:
They didn't even know how to capture the pieces right--it all looked very phony (and based btw upon an even worse book).
So I have to ask, what is the right way to capture pieces? I'd hate to be thought of as phony by my opponents!
Every movie should have an consulting expert. If you ask me, I think the right way is to capture with right hand, or at least with the same hand.
Apr 25, 2018
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#16
ghost_of_pushwood wrote:
Okay, look at this clip (from1:33 on). All the captures tend to look to me kinda clumsy and amateurish--as though a couple of non-players took a week to try to learn how to make their moves with GM-like smoothness (and never quite got there)...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lRsBIEZY1R8
Still, I gotta admit that Turturro (one of my favorites) does have that concentration look down cold (at 1:30)...
Okay, I will tell you a story now. A real one. Happened in my life about 30 years ago...
When I was a teenager I used to play as an extra in different movies. One day, the guy who was in charge with cast recruiting came to our extras bus and look at us and said that he needs to pick a lady for an opera singer contract. He picked up a lady who L O O K E D as an opera singer lady. Then another lady who was sitting in the bus she was upset that she wasn't the one chosen, even though she is an opera singer and she showed the ID as an opera singer to the recruiter. The guy said that that doesn't matter, because he needs someone W H O L O O K S like a professional opera singer.
That was the moment in my life when I learned two things. First is that in movies is just acting without necessary to be real, too.
Second thing I learned in that day was that life can be different than you will expect to be. There!
Apr 25, 2018
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#17
catdogorb wrote:
ghost_of_pushwood wrote:
Okay, look at this clip (from1:33 on). All the captures tend to look to me kinda clumsy and amateurish--as though a couple of non-players took a week to try to learn how to make their moves with GM-like smoothness (and never quite got there)...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lRsBIEZY1R8
Still, I gotta admit that Turturro (one of my favorites) does have that concentration look down cold (at 1:30)...
That's the problem being chess players... we're too easily taken out of the experience, we're aware we're watching a movie. Same thing when I watched pawn sacrifice when they said something like "Fischer played 1.c4, giving up his favorite sicilian attack."
As for faces, here are some. I've played the lady in #5. I feel bad that the picture is unflattering, but maybe she'd at least be pleased with how focused she looks
https://www.wired.com/story/photos-tournament-chess-players/
Cool, thank you for posting. you just gave us a new look angle of chess point of view. What about the #1?. Doesn't look like from StarWars movie? Will not be something to see the characters in StarWars playing chess? lol
Check out this channel for some documentaries about players of the past: https://www.youtube.com/user/jessicafischerqueen
Apr 25, 2018
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#19
I just watched one of these documentaries and I found them interesting, not only from players point of view, but as a whole of mentalities and environment who maybe has something to do with the way how players were influenced to think, on the chess board. Thank you for posting!
ratingchess wrote:
I just watched one of these documentaries and I found them interesting, not only from players point of view, but as a whole of mentalities and environment who maybe has something to do with the way how players were influenced to think, on the chess board. Thank you for posting!
You're welcome!
Hi everyone,
This forum is dedicated to all of us who love chess and watched movies about chess. I don't know about you, but myself I tried to put my hands on all those movies about chess. So, you are free to share what movies about chess you watched and maybe we can find in here interesting links to watch movies or documentaries about chess. Thank you and cheers!