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Chess History (2011)
Video | 6 min | Documentary, Short, History

Chess History (2011)

Video | 6 min | Documentary, Short, History

Depicts how Bobby Fischer tortuously considers his next move-hands gripping his head and eyes fastened to the board-as his 1972 World Chess Championship opponent, Boris Spassky, looks on.

Director

Liz Garbus

Producers

Stanley Buchtal | Liz Garbus | Matthew Justus | Rory Kennedy

Composer

Philip Sheppard

Cinematographer

Robert Chappell

Editor

Kate Taverna

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Release date

2011 (United States)

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10 cast members

Name	Known for
Bobby Fischer Self (archive footage) Self (archive footage) See fewer	Searching for Bobby Fischer (1993)
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Susan Polgar Self Self See fewer	Under Jakob's Ladder (2011)
David Shenk Self Self See fewer	Life Flows On (2016)
Humphrey Bogart Self (archive footage) (uncredited) Self (archive footage) (uncredited) See fewer	Casablanca (1942)
Ray Charles Self (archive footage) (uncredited) Self (archive footage) (uncredited) See fewer	The Blues Brothers (1980)
Bette Davis Self / Elizabeth I (archive footage) (uncredited) Self / Elizabeth I (archive footage) (uncredited) See fewer	All About Eve (1950)
Bengt Ekerot Self - Death (archive footage) (uncredited) Self - Death (archive footage) (uncredited) See fewer	The Seventh Seal (1957)
Max von Sydow Self - Antonius Block (archive footage) (uncredited) Self - Antonius Block (archive footage) (uncredited) See fewer	Flash Gordon (1980)