Capablanca's Brush With Russian Cinema

In addition to being World Champion, Jose R. Capablanca was also featured in the 20-minute Russian silent movie, "Chess Fever." Here's the link:

http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=3727820471573567512&q=chess

P.S. See how many other famous chess players you can identify besides Capablanca. The winner gets a fabulous no-prize!

Originally posted by der schwarze Ritter
In addition to being World Champion, Jose R. Capablanca was also featured in the 20-minute Russian silent movie, "Chess Fever." Here's the link:

http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=3727820471573567512&q=chess

P.S. See how many other famous chess players you can identify besides Capablanca. The winner gets a fabulous no-prize!

Hm,Bogoljubow?Alekhine(at least some of his cats made an appearance LOL)?Réti?

Originally posted by der schwarze Ritter
In addition to being World Champion, Jose R. Capablanca was also featured in the 20-minute Russian silent movie, "Chess Fever." Here's the link:

http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=3727820471573567512&q=chess

P.S. See how many other famous chess players you can identify besides Capablanca. The winner gets a fabulous no-prize!

I saw Torre's name, so I knew him for sure. The others were Rudolph Spielmann, Ernst Grunfeld, Richard Reti, Frank Marshall and F.D. Yates.

If you haven't already got a translation for the Russian, I know someone who could do it and I'll post it here for you. I'd be quite interested to find out what it said myself.

I've got a VHS (British) of this film and also a high quality digital version, both with English subtitles. Contact me if you're interested (UK only).

Can I dl and store this movie on my HD?
And yeah,a translation would be nice 🙂

That silent movie suuuuuuuucked.

Originally posted by lebowski
That silent movie suuuuuuuucked.

Oh yeah? Well at least nobody peed on my rug.

Freddie 2006 got the most names, so he's the winner of the fabulous no-prize! Congratulations, Freddie 2006. I'm guessing this must have been shot before, during or after the famous Moscow 1925 tournament. I recognized Capablanca, Grunfeld, Marshall, Yates, Reti, Spielmann and Torre in the film. Maybe there are more. Didn't recognize Alekhine or Bogo though. Thanks for playing.