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It also received a positive response from the chess community for its often accurate depictions of high-level chess, and data suggests that it increased public interest in the game. [ 3 ] [ 4 ] The Queen's Gambit won eleven Primetime Emmy Awards , including Outstanding Limited or Anthology Series , becoming the first show on a streaming service ...
King of Chess (Chinese: 棋王; pinyin: Qi wang) is a 1991 Hong Kong drama film directed by Yim Ho.Following disputes with the films producer Tsui Hark, Yim Ho left the project and Tsui Hark completed the film, though Yim Ho remains credited as the sole director.
The film tells the true story of Eugene Brown (Cuba Gooding Jr.), an ex-convict who starts the Big Chair Chess Club for inner-city youths in Washington, D.C. Eugene is in prison where "Chess Man" gambles cigarettes with him over games of chess. Nearing release, Eugene is concerned about not having friends on the outside anymore.
The Coldest Game (Polish: Ukryta gra) is a 2019 English-language Polish spy film.It is directed by Łukasz Kośmicki and stars Bill Pullman as Joshua Mansky, an American alcoholic former chess champion who becomes involved in a Cold War confrontation between nuclear superpowers.
The Seventh Seal (Swedish: Det sjunde inseglet) is a 1957 Swedish historical fantasy film written and directed by Ingmar Bergman.Set in Sweden [3] [4] during the Black Death, it tells of the journey of a medieval knight (Max von Sydow) and a game of chess he plays with the personification of Death (Bengt Ekerot), who has come to take his life.
Films about chess, a board game for two players, called White and Black, each controlling an army of chess pieces in their color, with the objective to checkmate the opponent's king. It is sometimes called international chess or Western chess to distinguish it from related games, such as xiangqi (Chinese chess) and shogi (Japanese chess).
The Queen's Gambit: Music from the Netflix Limited Series is the soundtrack album to the period drama miniseries The Queen's Gambit, based on the 1983 novel of the same name by Walter Tevis. The original score composed by Carlos Rafael Rivera , known for his previous collaborations with the showrunner Scott Frank in A Walk Among the Tombstones ...
Starring Max Pomeranc in his film debut, Joe Mantegna, Joan Allen, Ben Kingsley, and Laurence Fishburne, it is based on the life of prodigy chess player Joshua Waitzkin, played by Pomeranc, and adapted from the book of the same name by Joshua's father, Fred Waitzkin. The film was nominated for Best Cinematography in the 66th Academy Awards.