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Pawn Sacrifice is a 2014 American biographical psychological drama film about chess grandmaster and 11th world champion Bobby Fischer. 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 .
Sep 25, 2015 · A 2014 movie directed by Edward Zwick and starring Tobey Maguire as Bobby Fischer, the American chess genius who challenged the Soviet Empire in 1972. The movie depicts his struggles with mental illness, political pressure and the historic match against Boris Spassky.
Also starring Liev Schreiber and Peter Sarsgaard, PAWN SACRIFICE chronicles Fischer's terrifying struggles with genius and madness, and the rise and fall of a kid from Brooklyn who captured the...
Sep 18, 2015 · While Zwick and company do nothing to explain this bizarre mania, "Pawn Sacrifice" definitely conjures the feeling of it, thanks in large part to the movie's greatest asset: Maguire's edgy, charismatic performance.
Watch the trailer and read critics reviews of Pawn Sacrifice, a film inspired by the chess wizard Bobby Fischer and his rivalry with Boris Spassky. The movie stars Tobey Maguire, Liev Schreiber, and Peter Sarsgaard.
Drama. arrow_forward. info_outline. In a gripping true story set during the height of the Cold War, American chess prodigy Bobby Fischer (Tobey Maguire)...
A biographical film about Bobby Fischer, the American chess prodigy who challenged the Soviet Empire in 1972. The film depicts his early life, his chess career, and his paranoia and madness at the end of his life.
