Chess Fever - 1925 Russian Comedy Film Starring Capablanca!

Hello chess blog friends, it's time for a chess movie! "Chess Fever" (Russian: Шахматная горячка, Shakhmatnaya goryachka) is a 1925 Soviet silent comedy film directed by Vsevolod Pudovkin and Nikolai Shpikovsky. Chess Fever is a comedy about the Moscow 1925 chess tournament, made by Pudovkin during the pause in the filming of Mechanics of the Brain. The film combines acted parts with the actual footage from the tournament. The hero's (Vladimir Fogel) preoccupation with chess leads to him missing his own wedding ceremony, but the marital peace is restored with the help of the World Chess Champion, José Raúl Capablanca.




 

Movie Chess Talk: Have you seen Chess Fever? Enjoy video clips

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Hello everybody,

Time to check out a chess video. We continue our series with clips from the movie Chess Fever. The movie was a comedy - a chess comedy really. It features footage from the Moscow 1925 Tournament, including great chess stars like Capablanca and Marshall. With an international chess tournament in progress, a young man becomes completely obsessed with the game. His fiance has no interest in it, and becomes frustrated and depressed by his neglect of her, but wherever she goes she finds that she cannot escape chess. On the brink of giving up, she meets the world champion, Capablanca himself, with interesting results.

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