Beautiful actress. Delightful movie. I do love how she was clutching the queen in her lap during the tournament. I also enjoyed that it was a chess movie free from, "It's there, Josh! Just 12 moves deep! You can find it!"
I'll look out for it. I wonder though.
In the game quoted, TimmyBx correctly spots it is indeed
the famous game Sveshnikov - Scherbakov. Russian Ch. 1991,
Do they give the players a mention in the credits? I think they should.
[FEN "2r2rk1/pp2qppp/5b2/3p2nQ/3N4/2B1PPP1/PP4KP/R3R3 b - - 0 1"] 1... g6 2. Qh6 {White sets it up. } 2... Bg7 {Black plays the most natural looking move on the board.} 3. Qxg7+ {Checks all checks. Even the most stupid looking ones. And give special attention to those that can lead to a double or discovered check. Black resigned here seeing there was no defence to...} 3... Kxg7 4. Nf5+ {Double Check the King move. Pity there is no such as a triple check.} 4... Kg8 {Only move. White can now take the Queen with mate but this is prettier.} 5. Nh6
Chess Movie: Queen to Play
05 Sep '11 14:50
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