Pawn Sacrifice

During the height of the Cold War, American chess prodigy Bobby Fischer finds himself caught between two superpowers when he challenges the Soviet Empire, culminating in a historic World Chess Championship match against Boris Spassky in Reykjavík, Iceland. With his intellect and strategic brilliance matched only by his paranoia and delusional psychosis, Fischer becomes an unlikely hero to the American public as he seeks to outmaneuver the communists on the chessboard. This gripping biographical drama brings to life the fascinating and complex story of a genius whose mind was both sharpened and dulled by the pressures of politics and obsession.