Play chess to win

Viva 2022-01-08 08:02:03

The
story of "Playing Chess" is a true story. It tells the story of Bob Fisher, the top chess player in the United States. It focuses on shooting in 1972, ushering in the scene of the game against the then world champion Boris Spassky. As an American genius young chess player, Fisher was not only born out of nowhere, but also with superior intelligence. He changed the conventional way of playing chess and became a sensation, becoming a national icon. At that time, the world was in the cold war stage, and the victory against the world champion of the former Soviet Union changed this situation. But after winning the game, Fisher stayed away from public view, became a homeless man, lived a life of subversion and displacement, and stopped participating in the game for 20 years. He is a genius contradictory, both arrogant and rude, despising opponents, but also sensitive and fragile, mentally unstable, value money and hate business endorsements. US President Nixon requested a meeting with him at the White House. He refused on the grounds that he did not have an appearance fee. Critics say that Fisher is the person with the highest IQ after Newton and Einstein, but there are also comments that Fisher's IQ is the highest in the world, according to the test it should be 185. A genius living in this vulgar, boring, convention world must be at a loss and maverick. He has his own way, and he disdains everything that the world law gives, and in the eyes of outsiders, he certainly doesn't understand it. However, his intelligence is superb and his emotional intelligence is always incompatible. Therefore, he will lose control. The result of losing control is self-destruction. In his later years, he disregarded American laws, confronted the United States, and ignored the sanctions imposed on Yugoslavia by the United States. Since then, he went into exile. In 2001, he publicly supported bin Laden's 9/11 incident. Become a public enemy of the United States. Of course, this is the world he understands. The so-called framework conventions can't always tie these talented characters. It is indeed because of their existence that the world is so sharp and rebellious that it can bring out the difference. Change. The director of the film is Oscar winner Edward Zwick. I like his "Blood Diamond" and "The Last Samurai", a combination of commercial and artistic works. The filming was smooth and natural, and it took less than two minutes to enter the role. Probably the character Fisher is too charming, and the audience is spinning around among the characters. The hero of Spider-Man enters the role like a person. Still working hard, his eyes are still unpredictable and meaningful. This is a very good movie.

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Pawn Sacrifice quotes

  • Bobby Fischer: [practicing chess with his coach who is a Catholic priest] I passed up having sex for this.

    Father Bill Lombardy: Passed it up for twenty years.

  • Boris Spassky: [after Bobby makes a Blunder in his first game] You don't look well Robert James.