Candela, the headmistress of an elite school, after a traumatic divorce, returns to her old high school to lead a group of rebellious students through chess. There she will learn that in chess, and in life, it doesn't matter if you are a king or a pawn, because everyone ends up in the same box.
American chess champion Bobby Fischer prepares for a legendary match-up against Russian Boris Spassky.
When disillusioned Swedish knight Antonius Block returns home from the Crusades to find his country in the grips of the Black Death, he challenges Death to a chess match for his life. Tormented by the belief that God does not exist, Block sets off on a journey, meeting up with traveling players Jof and his wife, Mia, and becoming determined to evade Death long enough to commit one redemptive act while he still lives.
It's a dreary Christmas 1944 for the American POWs in Stalag 17 and the men in Barracks 4, all sergeants, have to deal with a grave problem—there seems to be a security leak.
Private detective and former football player Harry Moseby gets hired on to what seems a standard missing person case, as a former Hollywood actress whose only major roles came thanks to being married to a studio mogul wants Moseby to find and return her daughter. Harry travels to Florida to find her, but he begins to see a connection between the runaway girl, the world of Hollywood stuntmen, and a suspicious mechanic when an unsolved murder comes to light.
Death and violence anger twelve year old drug courier Fresh, who sets his employers against each other.
New York, années 80. Fred et Bonnie Waitzkin découvrent le talent exceptionnel de leur fils Josh pour les échecs. Ils le confient au professeur Pandolfini pour développer ses capacités. Stupéfait des aptitudes de l'enfant, il lui impose une discipline rigoureuse pour en faire un second Bobby Fischer, champion des Etats-Unis à 14 ans.
A young, idealist American gets a job as a train conductor for the Zentropa railway network in postwar, US-occupied Frankfurt. As various people try to take advantage of him, he soon finds his position politically sensitive, and gets caught up in a whirlpool of conspiracies and Nazi sympathisers.
After a road accident in Hungary, the American honeymooners Joan and Peter and the enigmatic Dr. Werdegast find refuge in the house of the famed architect Hjalmar Poelzig, who shares a dark past with the doctor.
Au cours d'une croisière, l'avocat Bartok se souvient avoir été emprisonné et torturé par les nazis à Vienne. En 1938, Bartok est arrêté et emmené au siège de la Gestapo avant de pouvoir fuir aux États-Unis avec sa femme. Parce qu'il refuse de coopérer avec les responsables nazis et de fournir des informations sur les dossiers qu'il gère, Bartok est envoyé en isolement. Un livre d'échecs l'aide à survivre en captivité et à surmonter les souffrances mentales qui lui sont infligées.
Deux savants, travaillant sur le satellite Saturn 3, sont perturbés par une troisième personne, le capitaine James. Celui-ci se révèle de plus en plus dangereux, et leur impose son robot meurtrier...
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.
Tracy, a lonely college freshman in New York, is rescued from her solitude by her soon-to-be stepsister Brooke, an adventurous gal about town who entangles her in alluringly mad schemes.
The year is 1949. A young Texan named John Grady finds himself without a home after his mother sells the ranch where he has spent his entire life. Lured south of the border by the romance of cowboy life and the promise of a fresh start, Cole and his pal embark on an adventure that will test their resilience, define their maturity, and change their lives forever.
At the American Computer Chess Convention, enthusiasts gather to pit their programs against other computer chess programs and human players in a tournament for a grand prize of $7500.
A fascinating character. Exquisite sets. A wig for every era. The stars, creators and crew reveal how the hit series about a chess prodigy came to life.
An aging codger named Geri plays a daylong game of chess in the park against himself. Somehow, he begins losing to his livelier opponent. But just when the game's nearly over, Geri manages to turn the tables.
Based on a novel by the Austrian writer Stefan Zweig and follows a young, revolutionary couple aboard the last train leaving Budapest after the Russian invasion of 1956.
A young girl overcomes her disadvantaged upbringing in the slums of Uganda to become a Chess master.
Lors de la crise des missiles de Cuba de 1962, un génie des maths troublé est catapulté dans une partie d'échecs et une joute d'espionnage entre les É.-U. et l'URSS.