To Be As Good As The Fan God, This Is A Recommendation For Chess-themed Films Besides Queens Gambit

The best chess movie to watch (Little White Lies)

JAKARTA - In the midst of the busy news about Dewa Kipas, it is better if chess lovers watch films about chess. Some time ago, Netflix has released a miniseries entitled Queen's Gambit.

In fact, apart from that, there are many other chess films worth watching. So it is entertaining, chess fans can also get interesting information on techniques in chess.

The following are recommendations for chess films that must be watched besides Queen's Gambit as compiled by VOI from various sources:

1.The Seventh Seal (1957)

A film made by famous Swedish filmmaker, Ingmar Bergman. The Seventh Seal tells the story of Antonius Block (Max Von Sydow) who is one of the royal soldiers. Block returns from the battlefield, the angel of death comes to him and asks him to play chess. Block's life is at stake in this game.

2.Searching for Bobby Fischer (1993)

Searching for Bobby Fischer was inspired by the school chess boom in the United States. The characters in this film are played by star actors such as Ben Kingsley, Joe Mantegna, Joan Allen and Laurance Fishburne. This film is based on a book with the same title by Fred Waitzkin which tells the journey of his son, Josh Waitzkin, in achieving his dream of becoming a world chess player.

3. Magnus (2016)

Magnus is a biographical film about world chess champion Magnus Carlsen. Currently Carlsen dominates the international chess championships. This documentary, made in 2016, was released before Carlsen competed against Karjaken in the world chess championship. Magnus tells of Carlsen's childhood, who beat Kasparov at the age of 13 and his life as an adult and a world chess player.

4.Brooklyn Castle (2012)

Brooklyn Castle suddenly exploded among chess fans, chess coaches and parents in the 2012s. This chess documentary tells about the success of 318 high school with chess teacher Elizabeth Spiegel in Brooklyn, New York, in winning various national chess championships.

5. Queen of Katwe (2016)

The chess film adapted from this novel tells the story of a Ugandan chess player named Phiona Mutesi who grows up in a slum called Katwe. Phiona, played by actor Madina Nalwanga, has to go to a place where chess is taught by Robert Katende. At first, Phiona took a chess class just to get free food. However, one day the teacher realized his talent. Phiona has also experienced important events that have been achieved in the world of chess, from national to international championships.

6.Bobby Fischer Against the World (2011)

This documentary about chess delves into the life of the chess genius, Bobby Fischer. There have been several interviews with the world's best chess players such as Larry Evans, Susan Polgar, Garry Kasparov, and other chess players who know and are influenced by Fischer's genius in playing chess. This film also tells about his match in the world chess championship against a Russian chess player named Boris Spassky.

7.The Luzhin Defense (2000)

This chess film based on the novel The Defense by the famous writer Vladimir Nabokov tells the story of a talented chess player named Aleksander Ivanovich Luzhin, played by John Turturro. Luzhin travels around Italy to compete in tournaments. There he meets and falls in love with Natalia Katkov (Emily Watson). This tense enough film is worth watching during the pandemic during the rampant coverage of the Kipas Dewa chess polemic.

8.Game Over: Kasparov and The Machine (2003)

Tells about the match of chess king Garry Kasparov against an IBM-made computer called Deep Blue. The match against the computer at such a high level is so intense, Kasparov must fight it in a dramatic final in this documentary.

9. Pawn Sacrifice (2014)

The most anticipated film of its time is about Bobby Fischer and his journey towards an international championship. Tobey Maguire plays Bobby Fischer and Liev Scheiber plays his enemy, the Russian chess player Boris Spassky. Pawn Sacrifice explores Fischer's mental paranoia.

Those are the recommendations for the best chess films to watch besides the Netflix miniseries Queen's Gambit.