favourite chess film
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favourite chess film
Name youre favourite chess film
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Re: favourite chess film
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
Black and White Like Day and Night
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Re: favourite chess film
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
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.Richard Thursby wrote: ↑Thu Jul 28, 2022 9:18 pmNever 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
only three votes darn my soul capturing machine hasnt caught you out
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Re: favourite chess film
The Great Chess Movie seems to be highly rated by most who have watched it.
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imagine losing against a computer...classicMatt Mackenzie wrote: ↑Fri Jul 29, 2022 6:12 pmThe Great Chess Movie seems to be highly rated by most who have watched it.
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i was being sarcastic one of the votes was me so there were only 3 votes from hundreds of observers. why?AlanLlewellyn wrote: ↑Fri Jul 29, 2022 5:44 pmonly three votes darn my soul capturing machine hasnt caught you out
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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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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.Matt Mackenzie wrote: ↑Fri Jul 29, 2022 6:12 pmThe Great Chess Movie seems to be highly rated by most who have watched it.
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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Who went and did that?AlanLlewellyn wrote: ↑Fri Jul 29, 2022 8:16 pmimagine losing against a computer...classicMatt Mackenzie wrote: ↑Fri Jul 29, 2022 6:12 pmThe Great Chess Movie seems to be highly rated by most who have watched it.
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Wouldn't have minded seeing a bit less of Fernando Arrabal in that.Matt Mackenzie wrote: ↑Fri Jul 29, 2022 6:12 pmThe Great Chess Movie seems to be highly rated by most who have watched it.
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Re: favourite chess film
He does stand out a bit.