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Pawn Sacrifice is a 2014 American biographical psychological drama film about Bobby Fischer, a chess grandmaster and the eleventh world champion. It follows Fischer's challenge against top Soviet chess grandmasters during the Cold War and culminating in the World Chess Championship 1972 match versus Boris Spassky in Reykjavík, Iceland. It was directed by Edward Zwick and written by Steven Knight, and stars Tobey…
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I was well before my time and it was about chess, therefore I guess it wasn’t historically important enough for me to have ever heard of Bobby Fischer. However, this is an incredible film that really showcases Tobey Maguire’s talents as an actor. As is explained over an over again in the movie, this was a story of a poor boy from Brooklyn who just happened to take to chess like a fish to water. Fischer was incredibl…More
Fuente Ajedrez, un estadounidense y un ruso con la guerra fría de telón de fondo!!! Tiene que ser muy interesante esta película… ¿o no? Fuente Estamos ante otro biopic de un personaje relevante de la historia del siglo pasado, Bobby Fischer, que se enfrento contra el campeón del mundo ruso Boris Spassky en una serie de partidas que convirtieron, momentáneamente, al ajedrez en el juego/deporte de moda en los EE.UU. N…More