The Dark Horse (2014), Queen of Katwe (2016), Harry Benson: Shoot First (2016), Magnus (2016), Wazir (2016), Pawn Sacrifice (2014), A Little Game (2014), Knight Moves (1992) ... Let's take a look at the ranked list of the best Chess Grandmaster movies.
Storyline: A brilliant but troubled New Zealand chess champion finds purpose by teaching underprivileged children about the rules of chess and life.
Plot Keywords: maori, chess grandmaster, chess player, teenager, intense, emotional, inspiring ...
Movie Details Click Here!Storyline: Living in Katwe, a slum in Kampala, Uganda, is a constant struggle for 10-year-old Phiona, her mother Nakku Harriet and younger members of her family. She and her younger brother help their mother sell maize in the market. She also helps care for her baby brother. Her world changes one day when she meets Robert Katende at a missionary program. Katende coaches soccer and teaches children to play chess at a local center. Curious, Phiona approaches and learns the game. She becomes fascinated with it and soon becomes a top player in the group under Katende's guidance..
Plot Keywords: young girl, missionary, chess player, parent, rival, chess grandmaster, uplifting ...
Movie Details Click Here!Storyline: What we know today about many famous musicians, politicians, and actresses is due to the famous work of photographer Harry Benson. He captured vibrant and intimate photos of the most famous band in history;The Beatles. His extensive portfolio grew to include iconic photos of Muhammad Ali, Michael Jackson, and Dr. Martin Luther King. His wide-ranging work has appeared in publications including Life, Vanity Fair and The New Yorker. Benson, now 86, is still taking photos and has no intentions of stopping.—ifsixwasnine-sw
Plot Keywords: photographer, musician, actor, politician, chess grandmaster, activist, creative ...
Movie Details Click Here!Storyline: Magnus Carlsen, Norwegian chess prodigy, becomes a grandmaster at age 13 and world champion in 2013.
Plot Keywords: chess grandmaster, chess player, inspiring, spectacular, fame, life story, growth ...
Movie Details Click Here!Storyline: 'Wazir' is a tale of two unlikely friends, a wheelchair-bound chess grandmaster and a brave ATS officer. Brought together by grief and a strange twist of fate, the two men decide to help each other win the biggest games of their lives. But there's a mysterious, dangerous opponent lurking in the shadows, who is all set to checkmate them.
Plot Keywords: young man, young woman, husband, wife, crippled man, chess grandmaster, gripping ...
Movie Details Click Here!Storyline: During the height of the Cold War, American chess prodigy Bobby Fischer finds himself caught between two superpowers when he challenges the Soviet Empire.
Plot Keywords: chess player, prodigy, young man, chess grandmaster, russian, government official, brooding ...
Movie Details Click Here!Storyline: Ignored by the rich kids at her new school and shaken by the death of her beloved grandmother, a 10-year-old girl finds an unlikely friend in the form of a feisty chess master, who uses the game to teach her about life.—Anonymous
Plot Keywords: young girl, rich kid, chess grandmaster, chess player, amusing, charming, confident ...
Movie Details Click Here!Storyline: A chess grandmaster is in a big tournament, and when his lover is found painted up and the blood drained out of her body he becomes a chief suspect. After he gets a call from the killer urging him to try and figure out the game, he cooperates with police and a psychologist to try and catch the killer, but doubts linger about the grandmaster's innocence as the string of grisly murders continues.—Ed Sutton <esutton@mindspring.com>
Plot Keywords: serial killer, chess grandmaster, police detective, psychologist, girlfriend, eerie, shocking ...
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