No one voluntarily starts a show about a chess phenom without someone telling them to watch it first. But once you see it it’s impossible not to send a raving text back to the person who recommended it to you. The most impressive thing about it is how EXCITING they make chess tournamen...
“Searching for Bobby Fischer,” a film of remarkable sensitivity and insight, tells a story based on fact, about a “new” Bobby Fischer – a young boy named Josh Waitzkin (Max Pomeranc) who was born with a gift for chess, which he nurtured in the rough-and-tumble world of of chess ...
Durham is a thinking man who enjoys the strategic chess match required in the pursuit of Vox Populi. Though he grows frustrated with Field Marshall Hardrada’s “vulgar” ways, he remains a loyal Colonial soldier. Daniel Levitch – Writer/Director A professional storyteller since 2005, Daniel h...
The Tobey Maguire film “Pawn Sacrifice,” about American chess legend Bobby Fischer, hit theaters this week. And that seemed like a good excuse to talk about che…
Bobby Fischer in the movie are very real.Searching for Bobby Fischeris a lovely film about Josh’s initial interest in chess and his instructor’s obsession with helping Josh reach his full potential. This film takes a close look at the price you have to pay if you want to be the best...
The teacher tries to explain to Clara's parents the unlikelihood of this, by giving the famous example about doubling the grains of rice on the squares of a chess board. Clara's father shows how to divide a cake into seven equal pieces: he divides it into 8 pieces and throws the ...
Sugata Kentaro used to be one of the most hopeful trainee to be a professional Shogi (Japanese Chess) player, but fails at the final test. Now he has become a "Shinkenshi", a gambler who plays Shogi for money, and boasts his 182 wins in a row. But he is devastated when he is bea...
The champions in any field have got to be, to some degree, fanatics. To be the world’s best skier, or swimmer, or chess player, you’ve got to overdevelop that area of your ability while ignoring almost everything else. This is the point we miss when we persist in describing champio...
Sugata Kentaro used to be one of the most hopeful trainee to be a professional Shogi (Japanese Chess) player, but fails at the final test. Now he has become a "Shinkenshi", a gambler who plays Shogi for money, and boasts his 182 wins in a row. But he is devastated when he is bea...
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