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From the web: two free chess movies

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Written by Sciurus
Tuesday, 19 September 2006
Movie websites such as YouTube enable the average Internet user to distribute films to a world-wide audience. Among the many movies labeled with "chess" in one way or the other, I found two notable contributions (Of course there are probably more than just 2 good chess movies on the Internet. The vast majority of films, however, only comes up during searches for chess-related keywords because our favorite game is so widely used as metaphor). The first movie of interest for chess players is Chess Fever (Shakhmatnaya goryachka), a russian movie from 1925. Unfortunately, Google does not allow to embed the video on web sites, so please follow this link to watch it. Partially made at the Moscow 1925 international chess tournament, the movie features chess masters such as José Raúl Capablanca, Ernst Grunfeld, Frank Marshall, Richard Reti, Rudolph Spielmann, Carlos Torre, and Frederick Yates, all playing themselves. But not only the "actors" may be familiar to many chess players: the movie is about a young man becoming obsessed with playing chess and his fancée, who feels more and more neglected (does this sound somehow familiar?). A real gem for the chess fan and because it is a silent movie you may even be allowed to show it in your chess club. The second movie is an animated short called Chess 1998 (clicking on the ">" button will start playback). The movie is about "two young pawns falling in love" and them being of different color ensures some drama. The movie vaguely resembles a ballet - no spoken words, just animated chess pieces moving to music. Enjoy! Comments (3) Subscribe to this comment's feed Show/Hide comments Kool Vids written by Maurius Castle, March 15, 2007 Thanks for the vids, nice site ... written by velakhe mbingo, May 27, 2008 chess is Real, had so much fun relating to the movie game what happens in real life ... written by sjakkern, July 01, 2008 haha awesome! great! but i dont like that a white pawn stands beside the black pawn!!!!!! that interracial! Write comment Show/Hide comment form Name Website Comment Write the displayed characters Powered by Azrul's Jom Comment for Joomla!
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