I loved the parts of this movie that showed kasporov at the chess table making moves (either against deep blue or at the end when he plays karpov).
I was wondering if anybody knows where i can buy/find real chess movies. I don't mean a fiction movie like Searching for Bobby Fischer, but an actual chess recording of Fischer Vs. Spassky (1972).... or Kasporov Vs. Karpov (whenever in the 1980s).
Anybody know?
thanks.
Only film that exists of 1972 is a security survailance camera, as Bobby complained the camera's were putting him off, and insisted they played in a back room. There is a BBC documentry called "Clash of the Titans" which is brilliant and even better than this movie. It tells the story of how important this cold war match was to each country and has lots of footage from 1972.
The documentry starts off " 70's the height of the cold war, but in 1972 an extraordinary event took place,in which 2 men went to war across a chessboard"
Its an hour long and part of a series which tells of big sporting clashes.
Absolutely brilliant. It plays all beach boy music when showing bobby training for the clash and all dreary russian music when showing spassky.My cousin loved it and he hates chess. I get goose bumps just thinking about the documentry because it really was east against west and in the coridoors of power, both countries knew they had to win. It was a microcosm of a real war across a chessboard.
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Thx BenjaminTheBlue
Searching for Bobby Fischer was not fiction. Ben Kingsley played Bruce Pandolfini, a well known chess writer and instructor. Josh Waitzkin got very good, but never become a grandmaster.
shareSure sure but it's a great film, but i'm looking for an actual chess movie. The difference between say - Super Bowl VIII and Any Given Sunday for instance.
shareBobby Fischer - Anything to Win
Fischer vs Spassky Documentary
Garry Kasparov - My Story
Kasparov Karpov Lyon 1990
Searching for Bobby Fischer
The history of computer chess
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A must see documentary for anyone involved in chess is 'Bobby Fischer Against the World'. I can't believe this hadn't been mentioned.
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What would you add?