Actors and Masters
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Actors and Masters
Greetings, I just watched the 80s flick Commando and was surprised to learn that a certain Michael Adams starred in the films as (Mike).
Are there any other GMs who share their name with actors and has a GM ever actually appeared in a film (not documentary) or perhaps tv series?
Are there any other GMs who share their name with actors and has a GM ever actually appeared in a film (not documentary) or perhaps tv series?
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Re: Actors and Masters
The trick for the first one is probably to pick GMs whose names are reasonably common in their home country and see what a search turns up, and doing this immediately found me this actor: https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0914925/
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Caught me by surprise to see a certain Michael Adams in it. He wasn't the most convincing baddie I have ever seen, and perhaps that's true over the board too!
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I searched for another one: https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0279100/
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And there's William Evans, founder of the gambit that Kasparov once destroyed Anand with here:
https://www.imdb.com/name/nm5703966/?ref_=fn_al_nm_4
https://www.imdb.com/name/nm5703966/?ref_=fn_al_nm_4
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I believe "Chess Fever" (1925) may count. It is fiction, but includes Capablanca as himself.
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There was a Mark Hebden in 'The Archers' years ago.
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Here's Robert Byrne. Not exactly a household name as an actor, but he's there all right.
"The chess-board is the world ..... the player on the other side is hidden from us ..... he never overlooks a mistake, or makes the smallest allowance for ignorance."
(He doesn't let you resign and start again, either.)
(He doesn't let you resign and start again, either.)
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The Great Chess Movie too, which has dozens of players in it.Kevin Thurlow wrote: ↑Sat Mar 23, 2024 9:35 pmI believe "Chess Fever" (1925) may count. It is fiction, but includes Capablanca as himself.
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On the plus side I don't think it hurt his credibility too badly, none of the baddies in commando are very convincingly threatening against Arnie and his raw masculinityMJMcCready wrote: ↑Sat Mar 23, 2024 6:27 pmCaught me by surprise to see a certain Michael Adams in it. He wasn't the most convincing baddie I have ever seen, and perhaps that's true over the board too!
Lose one queen and it is a disaster, Lose 1000 queens and it is just a statistic.
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Wasn't there an actual Soviet film (as opposed to documentary) which featured both Tal and Korchnoi amongst others?
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