The Cynical Historian

Pawn Sacrifice | Based on a True Story (2016x25)

Air date: Jun 13, 2016

Pawn Sacrifice is fun, but a bit overblown. It's a movie about Bobby Fischer’s victory in chess over the Soviet grandmaster, Boris Spassky, in 1972. There’s some problems, but nothing too horrid. It doesn’t deserve to have been as neglected as it has, not even making half of its budget in theaters. ------------------------------------------------------------ more videos: previous: https://youtu.be/1e87IWAYhjo related: https://youtu.be/FVXkx_DkzKA ------------------------------------------------------------ references: http://www.slate.com/blogs/browbeat/2015/09/16/pawn_sacrifice_movie_about_bobby_fischer_what_s_fact_and_what_s_fiction.html http://www.historyvshollywood.com/reelfaces/pawn-sacrifice/ https://www.chess.com/article/view/did-hollywood-get-pawn-sacrifice-right https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pawn_Sacrifice https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/World_Chess_Championship_1972 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Boris_Spassky https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bobby_Fischer https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Game_of_the_Century_(chess) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/World_Chess_Championship_1963 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fischer%E2%80%93Spassky_(1992_match) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paul_Morphy ------------------------------------------------------------ SUBSCRIBE FOR MORE VIDEOS: http://www.youtube.com/subscription_center?add_user=CynicalCypher88 contribute to my Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/CynicalHistorian LET'S CONNECT: https://www.facebook.com/cynicalcypher88 https://twitter.com/Cynical_History ------------------------------------------------------------ wiki: Pawn Sacrifice is a 2014 American biographical drama film. It is based on the true story of Bobby Fischer's challenge against top Soviet chess grandmasters during the Cold War and culminating in the 1972 World Chess Championship match versus Boris Spassky in Reykjavík, Iceland. It was directed by Edward Zwick and written by Steven Knight. The film stars Tobey Magui