Released as a motion picture in 1984. Special features: new 16x9 transfer from a high definition master; producer's perspective: a conversation with producer Arthur Cohn; essay by film historian Ronald Falzone. Michel Piccoli, Alexandre Arbatt, Leslie Caron, Liv Ullmann.
Summary:
A senior Soviet chessmaster and his former star pupil, now a dissident living in exile, square off in a highly publicized chess tournament. Both become pawns in a much larger game, however.
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