Pawn Sacrifice

This film are based on real events. Chess champion of United States, Bobby Fischer, starring by Tobey Maguire will prepare for one of the world's most anticipated events of the twentieth century, the championship of chess in Iceland. He finds himself caught between genius and madness. During the edge of the Cold War, Fischer will face a great opponent, Boris Spasskij, starring by Liev Schreiber, the Russian champion. Thus, this chess game will become one of the most important events in history. Fischer spent 20 years without competing after that victory, exhaustion generated by the pressure of the game, left him on the verge of collapse. It premiered at the Toronto International Film Festival in 2014.