Pawn Sacrifice

Pawn Sacrifice is a 2014 American biographical drama film. It is based on the true story of Bobby Fischers challenge against top Soviet chess grandmasters during the Cold War and culminating in the 1972 World Chess Championship match versus Boris Spassky in Reykjavik, Iceland. It was directed by Edward Zwick and written by Steven Knight. The film stars Tobey Maguire as Bobby Fischer, Liev Schreiber as Boris Spassky, Lily Rabe as Joan Fischer, and Peter Sarsgaard as William Lombardy. It was released in the United States on September 16, 2015.

Director Edward Zwick explained the meaning of the movies title You have Henry Kissinger and Richard Nixon calling Bobby Fischer you have Brezhnev and the KGB agents following Boris Spassky. Both of these men were pawns of their nations.Principal photography began in early October 2013 in Reykjavk, Iceland. In midOctober, the remaining 41 days of shooting began in Montreal, Canada, wrapping in Los Angeles on December 11, 2013. ........

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