Super chess film on one of the most feared Soviet chess masters - Nezhmetdinov

Chess blog for latest chess news and chess trivia (c) Alexandra Kosteniuk, 2011

Hi everyone,

Here is an excellent film on Nezhmetdinov sent by Ray Kappel. The Soviet Chess master Rashid Nezhmetdinov was one of the most feared attacking players in chess history. Although not well known in the west, he won many brilliancy prizes and defeated most of the best players of his era, including Mikhail Tal, Boris Spassky, David Bronstein, Efim Geller, Lev Polugaevsky, Isaak Boleslavsly, Salo Flohr, Andor Lilienthal, Gideon Stahlberg, and many other strong grandmasters.







Written by Jessica Fischer
Narrated by Richard Dewoskin
Researched by Jessica Fischer, Annie Kappel, Larry Crawford, Chancho, and Thanh Phan.

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

Chess blog for latest chess news and chess trivia (c) Alexandra Kosteniuk, 2011

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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