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Jonjo O'Neill as Mr. Ganz, a local high school chess club teacher who invites a young Beth to play at his school; Louis Ashbourne Serkis as Georgi Girev, a 13-year-old Soviet chess prodigy; Janina Elkin as Borgov's wife, who is also his interpreter; Millie Brady as Cleo, a French model who had a brief affair with Benny. She quickly befriends Beth.
A school of chess denotes a chess player or group of players that share common ideas about the strategy of the game. There have been several schools in the history of modern chess. Today there is less dependence on schools – players draw on many sources and play according to their personal style.
The International Master, Malcolm Pein has said he worked as chess consultant on the project. [ 4 ] The co-creator and screenwriter, André Gulluni, originally from Quebec just like director Yan England, told the French newspaper Les Echos that it took seven years in total for the project to become reality: "It took a long time and on more than ...
Joshua Waitzkin (born December 4, 1976) is an American former chess player, martial arts world champion, and author. As a child, he was recognized as a prodigy, and won the U.S. Junior Chess championship in 1993 and 1994. The film Searching for Bobby Fischer is based on his early life.
Represent (in French: En place) is a 2023 French comedy television series created by Jean-Pascal Zadi and François Uzan and directed by Zadi, and starring Zadi, Éric Judor, and Benoît Poelvoorde. It premiered on 20 January 2023.
Knights of the South Bronx is a 2005 American drama television film directed by Allen Hughes and written by Jamal Joseph and Dianne Houston.Based on a true story, it stars Ted Danson as a teacher who helps students at a tough South Bronx elementary school to succeed by teaching them to play chess. [1]
Knights of the South Bronx (2005), about a teacher who helps students at a tough inner-city school to succeed by teaching them to play chess; Revolver (2005) Queen to Play (2009) Bobby Fischer Against the World (2011), an HBO original documentary directed by Liz Garbus premiered on June 6, 2011; explores the complex life of Fischer. [36]
Dina Vadimovna Belenkaya was born on 22 December 1993 in St. Petersburg. [2] Her mother Asya Kovalyova has been a children's chess coach for over 30 years and notably was the first coach of Anish Giri, who has since become a Grandmaster (GM) and has been ranked as high as No. 3 in the world.