Chess Champion Movies

  • 2015
    Pawn Sacrifice

    Pawn Sacrifice

    Pawn Sacrifice

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    American chess champion Bobby Fischer prepares for a legendary match-up against Russian Boris Spassky.

    Pawn Sacrifice
  • 1993
    Searching for Bobby Fischer

    Searching for Bobby Fischer

    Searching for Bobby Fischer

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    A seven-year-old chess prodigy refuses to harden himself in order to become a champion like the famous but unlikable Bobby Fischer.

    Searching for Bobby Fischer
  • 1992
    Knight Moves

    Knight Moves

    Knight Moves

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    A chess grandmaster is in a big tournament, and when his lover is found painted up and the blood drained out of her body he becomes a chief suspect. A...

    Knight Moves
  • 2011
    Bobby Fischer Against the World

    Bobby Fischer Against the World

    Bobby Fischer Against the World

    6.92011HD

    The first documentary feature to explore the tragic and bizarre life of the late chess master Bobby Fischer.

    Bobby Fischer Against the World
  • 2016
    Magnus

    Magnus

    Magnus

    6.8732016HD

    From a young age Magnus Carlsen had aspirations of becoming a champion chess player. While many players seek out an intensely rigid environment to hon...

    Magnus
  • 1980
    Once Upon a Spy

    Once Upon a Spy

    Once Upon a Spy

    5.1821980HD

    Computer genius and chess champion Ted Danson is lured into service by secret agent Eleanor Parker and becomes a reluctant hero thanks to a number of...

    Once Upon a Spy
  • 2018
    Closing Gambit: 1978 Korchnoi versus Karpov and the Kremlin

    Closing Gambit: 1978 Korchnoi versus Karpov and the Kremlin

    Closing Gambit: 1978 Korchnoi versus Karpov and the Kremlin

    8.72018HD

    The story of the 1978 World Chess Championship between the Soviet Communist Party's protege, Anatoly Karpov and the traitor and Soviet defector, Vikto...

    Closing Gambit: 1978 Korchnoi versus Karpov and the Kremlin
  • 2021
    The World Champion

    The World Champion

    The World Champion

    6.52021HD

    Some sporting victories are about more than just claiming a title. Some of them go down in history. The film follows the most dramatic and legendary s...

    The World Champion
  • 2024
    Dabaru

    Dabaru

    Dabaru

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    Dabaru is a melodramatic tale about a young chess player named Surya who rose from the alleys of North Kolkata to become a grand master.

    Dabaru
  • 2020
    Glory to the Queen

    Glory to the Queen

    Glory to the Queen

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    Against the backdrop of Cold War, Glory to the Queen reveals stories of four legendary female chess players from Georgia who revolutionized women’s ch...

    Glory to the Queen
  • 2024
    Kasparov: Chess Rebel

    Kasparov: Chess Rebel

    Kasparov: Chess Rebel

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    The extraordinary life and career of the Russian chess grandmaster Garry Kasparov, a brilliant and charismatic, but also rebellious, favorite son of t...

    Kasparov: Chess Rebel
  • 2016
    Mikhail Tal. From a Far

    Mikhail Tal. From a Far

    Mikhail Tal. From a Far

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    Mikhail Tal. From a Far is a documentary exploring the unpredictable and tragic life of the genius world chess champion Mikhail Tal, Riga's native son...

    Mikhail Tal. From a Far
  • 2012
    Brooklyn Castle

    Brooklyn Castle

    Brooklyn Castle

    6.82012HD

    Brooklyn Castle is a documentary about I.S. 318 – an inner-city school where more than 65 percent of students are from homes with incomes below the fe...

    Brooklyn Castle
  • 2020
    Hennessy: Maurice Ashley, the Grandmaster

    Hennessy: Maurice Ashley, the Grandmaster

    Hennessy: Maurice Ashley, the Grandmaster

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    The film follows the rise of the chess player Maurice Ashley, the first black person to attain the title of Grandmaster.

    Hennessy: Maurice Ashley, the Grandmaster
  • 2019
    Evan's Gambit

    Evan's Gambit

    Evan's Gambit

    02019HD

    Two brothers, raised by a chess master, must battle head to head in the world's most competitive chess tournament.

    Evan's Gambit
  • 2018
    Make Your Move

    Make Your Move

    Make Your Move

    02018HD

    Two chess champions have a secret match to decide once and for all which of them is the better player.

    Make Your Move
  • 2013
    Rey Ardid: La gran partida

    Rey Ardid: La gran partida

    Rey Ardid: La gran partida

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    Rey Ardid: La gran partida