There is a Indian movie named ''Wazir'' in hindi lanuage. its a great movie. wazir is an urdu word for Queen in chess.
Movies about chess?
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Apr 27, 2020
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There's an episode of Columbo, the most dangerous match, which is about chess.
Wśåß that is the best movie about chess 😀
Not a movie, but inspired by one (The Queen's Gambit): a music video based on a game of chess! Would its time of 4:41 qualify as a "blitz movie" or a "bullet movie"?
May 2, 2022
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#67
HillsidePawn wrote:
Not a movie, but inspired by one (The Queen's Gambit): a music video based on a game of chess! Would its time of 4:41 qualify as a "blitz movie" or a "bullet movie"?
Ha, the game played in that video looks ridiculous at first, but in fact it's a composed proof game that shows the quickest way to reach a double-stalemate position. The very same game was depicted in the TV show, 'Mr. Robot', as discussed in my blog, Shortest games to stalemate and ‘Mr. Robot’ chess scene.
Rocky64 wrote:
HillsidePawn wrote:
Not a movie, but inspired by one (The Queen's Gambit): a music video based on a game of chess! Would its time of 4:41 qualify as a "blitz movie" or a "bullet movie"?
Ha, the game played in that video looks ridiculous at first, but in fact it's a composed proof game that shows the quickest way to reach a double-stalemate position. The very same game was depicted in the TV show, 'Mr. Robot', as discussed in my blog, Shortest games to stalemate and ‘Mr. Robot’ chess scene.
I did not know that! Thank you! Actually, I chose that game for two reasons. First, the final position looked the most visually interesting of the three double stalemate games I found. Since that was the final shot in the story, I wanted it to look good. Second, the moves are insane, nothing like real chess players would do. The insanity of moves went with the video's story of how in war, everyone makes crazy moves and ultimately no one wins. Kind of like what's happening in Ukraine.
May 2, 2022
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HillsidePawn wrote:
I did not know that! Thank you! Actually, I chose that game for two reasons. First, the final position looked the most visually interesting of the three double stalemate games I found. Since that was the final shot in the story, I wanted it to look good. Second, the moves are insane, nothing like real chess players would do. The insanity of moves went with the video's story of how in war, everyone makes crazy moves and ultimately no one wins. Kind of like what's happening in Ukraine.
So that's your video? Cool! Nice chess animation, and cute dogs! I think in the dog scenes, you went to the trouble of setting up the right positions at that point of the game...
Rocky64 wrote:
HillsidePawn wrote:
I did not know that! Thank you! Actually, I chose that game for two reasons. First, the final position looked the most visually interesting of the three double stalemate games I found. Since that was the final shot in the story, I wanted it to look good. Second, the moves are insane, nothing like real chess players would do. The insanity of moves went with the video's story of how in war, everyone makes crazy moves and ultimately no one wins. Kind of like what's happening in Ukraine.
So that's your video? Cool! Nice chess animation, and cute dogs! I think in the dog scenes, you went to the trouble of setting up the right positions at that point of the game...
Yes, I wrote and produced the video; also arranged the music and played the double bass in the video. Quite a catch on the dog scenes! Yes, I made sure the dogs' reactions matched action on the board! The movement of the chess pieces used a technique called "step motion." I must have shot about 1,400 photos for all 18 moves, moving each piece 3-4 millimeters per move. You might say I became VERY familiar with this game!
May 2, 2022
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HillsidePawn wrote:
Yes, I wrote and produced the video; also arranged the music and played the double bass in the video. Quite a catch on the dog scenes! Yes, I made sure the dogs' reactions matched action on the board! The movement of the chess pieces used a technique called "step motion." I must have shot about 1,400 photos for all 18 moves, moving each piece 3-4 millimeters per move. You might say I became VERY familiar with this game!
Wow, that's a lot of work you put in there, especially the photos! I just assumed it's computer generated.
When The Queen's Gambit came out I uploaded the scene where they used the same piece of music, Classical Gas. I've now pinned a comment to the video with a link to yours; hopefully that will help!
Mason Williams wrote Classical Gas when he was the head writer of the Smothers Brothers Comedy Hour when this song was published in 1968. (That show was like Saturday Night Live is today.) At the time, Mason tells how he was invited to the Big Whig Hollywood parties where there would be a circle of the world's most famous guitar players passing a guitar around trying to one-up each other. He knew he could play but didn't want to play someone else's song ... so he wrote his own. Classical Gas was written as an "impress them at the party" song, which is why the original is played so fast. I rearranged it to be the opposite -- really slow. I think the slower pace really makes that melody shine! Mason's agent told me he was super pleased with how Classical Gas turned out in The Queen's Gambit. I had to get his approval to license the song on YouTube so I guess the slower version passed muster! It truly is beautiful music and at a slow pace, goes perfectly with a game of violence and blood being spilled all over the board!
the queen's gambit lol
May 3, 2022
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#75
Polyestersock wrote:
Wśåß that is the best movie about chess 😀
How do you pronounce that? Like this?
hi
May 7, 2022
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Chess Fever, a Soviet silent made during the 1925 Moscow tournament is interesting Capablanca is one of the stars. He didn't know he was making a film, they had cast members approach him to say they enjoyed his games, wish him luck, ask for an autograph, etc and then put in whatever dialogue they wanted. Also appearing are Carlos Torres, Ernst Grunfeld, Frederick Yates, Richard Reti, and Frank Marshall.
Check out the following;
'La Diagonale du Fou' 1984, (French, but subtitles are available.)
'Life of a King' 2013
. . . . . Hope you enjoy.
'Schwarz und Weiß wie Tage und Nächte' 1978
'Fresh' 1994
'Schachnovelle' 1960 (German, but subtitles are available.)
'The Lookout' 2007
'Ivory Tower' 2010
'Knight Moves' 2002
'Night Moves' 1975
'The Opera game' 2020
'Magnus' 2016
'Knights of the South Bronx' 2005