favourite chess film

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whats your favourite film devoted to chess, i will place them in my own favourite order best first

Poll ended at Sun Oct 16, 2022 7:59 pm

The Luzhin Defence
3
30%
Innocent Moves
0
No votes
Pawn Sacrifice
0
No votes
Queen of Katwe
3
30%
The Chess Player(spanish 2018)
0
No votes
The Knights of the South Bronx
0
No votes
The Grass Arena
0
No votes
Life of a King
0
No votes
The Queens Gambit(Streaming Series)
4
40%
 
Total votes: 10

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favourite chess film

Post by AlanLlewellyn » Thu Jul 28, 2022 7:59 pm

Name youre favourite chess film
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Re: favourite chess film

Post by Richard Thursby » Thu Jul 28, 2022 9:18 pm

Never really thought about this; most of the chess films I have seen have been documentaries. Would probably go for Game Over: Kasparov and the Machine.

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Re: favourite chess film

Post by Kevin Thurlow » Thu Jul 28, 2022 9:33 pm

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Re: favourite chess film

Post by Ian Thompson » Thu Jul 28, 2022 9:37 pm

The last two chess films I watched were:

Glory to the Queen
Computer Chess

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Re: favourite chess film

Post by AlanLlewellyn » Fri Jul 29, 2022 5:38 pm

Those are all top films i mentioned and no documentaries the 1978 one is best of those imo, although bobby fischer against the world is good also.

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Re: favourite chess film

Post by AlanLlewellyn » Fri Jul 29, 2022 5:43 pm

Richard Thursby wrote:
Thu Jul 28, 2022 9:18 pm
Never really thought about this; most of the chess films I have seen have been documentaries. Would probably go for Game Over: Kasparov and the Machine.
had that on a blank tape vhs copied off tv about 20 years ago, god knows where it is now probably long taped over. Cant remember much about it.

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Re: favourite chess film

Post by AlanLlewellyn » Fri Jul 29, 2022 5:44 pm

only three votes darn my soul capturing machine hasnt caught you out

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Re: favourite chess film

Post by Matt Mackenzie » Fri Jul 29, 2022 6:12 pm

The Great Chess Movie seems to be highly rated by most who have watched it.
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Re: favourite chess film

Post by AlanLlewellyn » Fri Jul 29, 2022 8:16 pm

Matt Mackenzie wrote:
Fri Jul 29, 2022 6:12 pm
The Great Chess Movie seems to be highly rated by most who have watched it.
imagine losing against a computer...classic

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Re: favourite chess film

Post by AlanLlewellyn » Fri Jul 29, 2022 8:20 pm

AlanLlewellyn wrote:
Fri Jul 29, 2022 5:44 pm
only three votes darn my soul capturing machine hasnt caught you out
i was being sarcastic one of the votes was me so there were only 3 votes from hundreds of observers. why?

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Re: favourite chess film

Post by Joey Stewart » Fri Jul 29, 2022 9:04 pm

I imagine because a lot of people have not watched enough of them to feel like they can give an informed opinion - i have personally only seen three on that list and of the three i thought queens gambit was far and away the most entertaining even if it does take liberties with the actual chess content.
Lose one queen and it is a disaster, Lose 1000 queens and it is just a statistic.

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Re: favourite chess film

Post by MJMcCready » Fri Aug 05, 2022 12:46 pm

Matt Mackenzie wrote:
Fri Jul 29, 2022 6:12 pm
The Great Chess Movie seems to be highly rated by most who have watched it.
Indeed. It's vastly superior to all that tosh in the poll and also probably the only film ever made on chess that is actually worth watching.

Documentary is a different ball game but the bottom line is it being vastly superior to film across the board. And that if you watch a documentary on chess your rating may go up whereas if you watch a film on chess your rating will definitely go down.
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Re: favourite chess film

Post by MJMcCready » Fri Aug 05, 2022 12:47 pm

AlanLlewellyn wrote:
Fri Jul 29, 2022 8:16 pm
Matt Mackenzie wrote:
Fri Jul 29, 2022 6:12 pm
The Great Chess Movie seems to be highly rated by most who have watched it.
imagine losing against a computer...classic
Who went and did that?

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Re: favourite chess film

Post by JustinHorton » Fri Aug 05, 2022 2:57 pm

Matt Mackenzie wrote:
Fri Jul 29, 2022 6:12 pm
The Great Chess Movie seems to be highly rated by most who have watched it.
Wouldn't have minded seeing a bit less of Fernando Arrabal in that.
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Re: favourite chess film

Post by MJMcCready » Fri Aug 05, 2022 3:18 pm

He does stand out a bit.

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