Chess in the Movies

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Chess in the Movies
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Chess serves the same symbolic purpose on film as in life -- intellectual activity, competition, gamesmanship -- plus a quick nod to art and science. Here are movie scenes showing chess and people playing chess. [Scans courtesy of Champions Stuff.]

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Sins of the Borgias (1953) Filmsonor / Francinex (Lobby Card) • Martine Carol • [Go to IMDB] Sins of the Borgias (1953)	The Seventh Seal (1957) Swedish Pictures (Ingmar Bergman) • Bengt Ekrot and Max von Sydow • [Go to IMDB] The Seventh Seal (1957)	Flood Tide (1958) Universal International Pictures • George Nader, Cornell Borchers, and Michel Ray • [Go to IMDB] Flood Tide (1958)	Wind Across the Everglades (1958) Warner Brothers Pictures • Gypsy Rose Lee • [Go to IMDB] Wind Across the Everglades (1958)
The Scapegoat (1959) Du Maurier-Guiness / Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (Lobby Card) • Bette Davis and Alec Guinness • [Go to IMDB] The Scapegoat (1959)	College Confidential (1960) Albert Zugsmith Productions • ?? • [Go to IMDB] College Confidential (1960)	Exodus (1960) Alpha / Carlyle Productions • ?? • [Go to IMDB] Exodus (1960)	La Vérité (The Truth, 1960) Columbia Pictures • Brigitte Bardot and Sami Frey • [Go to IMDB] La Vérité (The Truth, 1960)
Never on Sunday (1960) Lopert Pictures • Melina Mercouri • [Go to IMDB] Never on Sunday (1960)	Brainwashed (Schachnovelle, 1961) Allied Artists Pictures • Curt Jurgens • [Go to IMDB] Brainwashed (Schachnovelle, 1961)	Lolita (1962) M-G-M Pictures • Shelley Winters, James Mason, and Sue Lyon • [Go to IMDB] Lolita (1962)	From Russia with Love (1963) United Artists Pictures • Sean Connery and Daniela Bianchi • [Go to IMDB] From Russia with Love (1963)
From Russia with Love (1963) Danjaq / Eon Productions • [Actors not identified] • [Go to IMDB] From Russia with Love (1963)	McLintock! (1963) Batjac Productions • Maureen O'Hara and John Wayne • [Go to IMDB] McLintock! (1963)	Master Spy (1964) Eternal Films • Stephen Murray • [Go to IMDB] Master Spy (1964)	Fabulous Adventures of Marco Polo (1965) M-G-M Pictures • Folco Lulli • [Go to IMDB] Fabulous Adventures of Marco Polo (1965)
The Return of Mr. Moto (1965) 20th Century Fox Pictures • Henry Silva • [Go to IMDB] The Return of Mr. Moto (1965)	Around the World Under the Sea (1966) M-G-M Pictures • Lloyd Bridges and Keenan Wynn • [Go to IMDB] Around the World Under the Sea (1966)	Deadlier Than the Male (1966) Universal Pictures • Richard Johnson and Nigel Green • [Go to IMDB] Deadlier Than the Male (1966)	One of Our Spies Is Missing (1966) M-G-M Pictures • [Actors not identified] • [Go to IMDB] One of Our Spies Is Missing (1966)
Vostro Superagente Flit, Il (1966) Ima Film • Raimondo Vianello • [Go to IMDB] Vostro Superagente Flit, Il (1966)	Mission Mars (1967) Allied Artists Pictures • Nick Adams and Darren McGavin • [Go to IMDB] Mission Mars (1967)	2001: A Space Odyssey (1968) Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer / Polaris • Keir Dullea and HAL 9000 • [Go to IMDB] 2001: A Space Odyssey (1968)	Joanna (1968) Laughlin • ?? • [Go to IMDB] Joanna (1968)

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