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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Kona Coast (1968) Warner Brothers Pictures • Richard Boone and Joan Blondell • [Go to IMDB] Kona Coast (1968)	Submarine X-1 (1968) Mirisch Films / Oakmont Productions • ?? • [Go to IMDB] Submarine X-1 (1968)	Can Hieronymus Merkin Ever Forget Mercy Humppe and Find True Happiness? (1969) Universal Pictures • Anthony Newley • [Go to IMDB] Can Hieronymus Merkin Ever Forget Mercy Humppe and Find True Happiness? (1969)	The Best House in London (1969) M-G-M Pictures • Harem Girls • [Go to IMDB] The Best House in London (1969)
The Christmas Tree (1969) Continental Pictures • William Holden, Virna Lisi, and Brook Fuller • [Go to IMDB] The Christmas Tree (1969)	A Safe Place (1971) BBS / Columbia Pictures • Tuesday Weld and Orson Welles • [Go to IMDB] A Safe Place (1971)	Nicholas and Alexandra (1971) Columbia Pictures • Lenin (Michael Bryant) & Trotsky (Brian Cox) • [Go to IMDB] Nicholas and Alexandra (1971)	Pretty Maids All in a Row (1971) Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer • Barbara Leigh and Rock Hudson • [Go to IMDB] Pretty Maids All in a Row (1971)
The Thief Who Came to Dinner (1973) Warner Brothers Pictures • Ryan O'Neal • [Go to IMDB] The Thief Who Came to Dinner (1973)	The Wind and the Lion (1975) United Artists Pictures • Sean Connery and Candice Bergen • [Go to IMDB] The Wind and the Lion (1975)	Bittersweet Love (1976) Avco Embassy Pictures • [Actors not identified] • [Go to IMDB] Bittersweet Love (1976)	The Front (1976) Columbia Pictures • Woody Allen Playing CHESS with Michael Murphy • [Go to IMDB] The Front (1976)
Shatranj Ke Khilari ('The Chess Players') (1977) Devki Chitra Productions (directed by Satyajit Ray) • Saeed Jaffre • [Go to IMDB] Shatranj Ke Khilari ('The Chess Players') (1977)	Superman II (1980) Warner Brothers Pictures • Gene Hackman • [Go to IMDB] Superman II (1980)	Willie and Phil (1980) 20th Century Fox • Ray Sharkey and Michael Ontkean • [Go to IMDB] Willie and Phil (1980)	Tulips (1981) Avco Embassy Pictures • Gabe Kaplan • [Go to IMDB] Tulips (1981)
Jekyll and Hyde... Together Again (1982) Paramount Pictures • Krista Errickson Playing CHESS & Mark Blankfield • [Go to IMDB] Jekyll and Hyde... Together Again (1982)	Josepha (1982) Triumph Films • Claude Brasseur, Miou-Miou, and Bruno Cremer • [Go to IMDB] Josepha (1982)	Dangerous Moves (1984) Arthur Cohn Productions • Michel Piccoli • [Go to IMDB] Dangerous Moves (1984)	The Lonely Guy (1984) Universal Pictures • Charles Grodin • [Go to IMDB] The Lonely Guy (1984)
Masques (Masks, 1987) MK2 Pictures • Philippe Noiret & Robin Renucci • [Go to IMDB] Masques (Masks, 1987)	The Addams Family (1991) Paramount Pictures • Anjelica Huston, Raul Julian, and Thing • [Go to IMDB] The Addams Family (1991)	Knight Moves (1992) Columbia Pictures • Christopher Lambert and Arthur Brauss • [Go to IMDB] Knight Moves (1992)	Children of Dune (2003) Hallmark Entertainment • Alec Newman and Barbara Kodetova • [Go to IMDB] Children of Dune (2003)

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