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21 December 1925 (Soviet Union) more
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With an international chess tournament in progress, a young man becomes completely obsessed with the game... more | add synopsis
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Boris Barnet ... Thief
José Raúl Capablanca ... The World Champion
Zakhar Darevsky
Konstantin Eggert
Vladimir Fogel ... The Hero
Natalya Glan
Ernst Grunfeld ... Himself
F. Ivanov
Sergei Komarov ... Grandfather
Ivan Koval-Samborsky ... Policeman
Anatoli Ktorov ... Tram Passenger
Frank Marshall ... Himself
Yakov Protazanov ... Chemist
Yuli Raizman ... Chemist's Assistant
Richard Reti ... Himself
Rudolph Spielmann ... Himself
Carlos Torre ... Himself
F.D. Yates ... Himself
Anna Zemtsova ... The Heroine
Mikhail Zharov ... House Painter
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Chess Fever
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28 min
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1.33 : 1 more
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Besides José Raúl Capablanca's appearance, the tournament scenes include brief footage of actual games being played in the Moscow 1925 international tournament. Some of the leading chess masters of the era, including Richard Reti, Rudolph Spielmann, Ernst Grunfeld, Frank Marshall, Carlos Torre and F.D. Yates are shown playing their games. more

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Chess's Reefer Madness, 12 October 2009
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Author: Hitchcoc from United States

This is a delightful little film. It is about ultimate addiction. The basic plot involves a young man (they had nerds back in 1925 in Russia), and his relationship with his fiancée. He lives and breathes chess (as do, it seems, most of the Russian people). He carries books, pamphlets, and little chess sets all over his person. He shows up three hours late for a meeting with his young lady, and while she is forgiving him, he has set up a board on a checkered handkerchief that he has put on the floor so he can kneel. As the young woman decides to kill herself, she can't get away from chess. It's there at every turn. Even the container of poison she buys looks like a chess piece. It is all ludicrous, but the comic timing and pratfalls are really cute.

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