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Chess in the Movies
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Chess serves the same symbolic purpose on film as in life -- intellectual activity, competition, gamesmanship -- plus a quick nod to art and science. Here are movie scenes showing chess and people playing chess. [Scans courtesy of Champions Stuff.]

Sins of the Borgias (1953)
Sins of the Borgias (1953)
Filmsonor / Francinex (Lobby Card) • Martine Carol • [Go to IMDB]

Sins of the Borgias (1953)
The Seventh Seal (1957)
The Seventh Seal (1957)
Swedish Pictures (Ingmar Bergman) • Bengt Ekrot and Max von Sydow • [Go to IMDB]

The Seventh Seal (1957)
Flood Tide (1958)
Flood Tide (1958)
Universal International Pictures • George Nader, Cornell Borchers, and Michel Ray • [Go to IMDB]

Flood Tide (1958)
Wind Across the Everglades (1958)
Wind Across the Everglades (1958)
Warner Brothers Pictures • Gypsy Rose Lee • [Go to IMDB]

Wind Across the Everglades (1958)
The Scapegoat (1959)
The Scapegoat (1959)
Du Maurier-Guiness / Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (Lobby Card) • Bette Davis and Alec Guinness • [Go to IMDB]

The Scapegoat (1959)
College Confidential (1960)
College Confidential (1960)
Albert Zugsmith Productions • ?? • [Go to IMDB]

College Confidential (1960)
Exodus (1960)
Exodus (1960)
Alpha / Carlyle Productions • ?? • [Go to IMDB]

Exodus (1960)
La Vérité (The Truth, 1960)
La Vérité (The Truth, 1960)
Columbia Pictures • Brigitte Bardot and Sami Frey • [Go to IMDB]

La Vérité (The Truth, 1960)
Never on Sunday (1960)
Never on Sunday (1960)
Lopert Pictures • Melina Mercouri • [Go to IMDB]

Never on Sunday (1960)
Brainwashed (Schachnovelle, 1961)
Brainwashed (Schachnovelle, 1961)
Allied Artists Pictures • Curt Jurgens • [Go to IMDB]

Brainwashed (Schachnovelle, 1961)
Lolita (1962)
Lolita (1962)
M-G-M Pictures • Shelley Winters, James Mason, and Sue Lyon • [Go to IMDB]

Lolita (1962)
From Russia with Love (1963)
From Russia with Love (1963)
United Artists Pictures • Sean Connery and Daniela Bianchi • [Go to IMDB]

From Russia with Love (1963)
From Russia with Love (1963)
From Russia with Love (1963)
Danjaq / Eon Productions • [Actors not identified] • [Go to IMDB]

From Russia with Love (1963)
McLintock! (1963)
McLintock! (1963)
Batjac Productions • Maureen O'Hara and John Wayne • [Go to IMDB]

McLintock! (1963)
Master Spy (1964)
Master Spy (1964)
Eternal Films • Stephen Murray • [Go to IMDB]

Master Spy (1964)
Fabulous Adventures of Marco Polo (1965)
Fabulous Adventures of Marco Polo (1965)
M-G-M Pictures • Folco Lulli • [Go to IMDB]

Fabulous Adventures of Marco Polo (1965)
The Return of Mr. Moto (1965)
The Return of Mr. Moto (1965)
20th Century Fox Pictures • Henry Silva • [Go to IMDB]

The Return of Mr. Moto (1965)
Around the World Under the Sea (1966)
Around the World Under the Sea (1966)
M-G-M Pictures • Lloyd Bridges and Keenan Wynn • [Go to IMDB]

Around the World Under the Sea (1966)
Deadlier Than the Male (1966)
Deadlier Than the Male (1966)
Universal Pictures • Richard Johnson and Nigel Green • [Go to IMDB]

Deadlier Than the Male (1966)
One of Our Spies Is Missing (1966)
One of Our Spies Is Missing (1966)
M-G-M Pictures • [Actors not identified] • [Go to IMDB]

One of Our Spies Is Missing (1966)
Vostro Superagente Flit, Il (1966)
Vostro Superagente Flit, Il (1966)
Ima Film • Raimondo Vianello • [Go to IMDB]

Vostro Superagente Flit, Il (1966)
Mission Mars (1967)
Mission Mars (1967)
Allied Artists Pictures • Nick Adams and Darren McGavin • [Go to IMDB]

Mission Mars (1967)
2001: A Space Odyssey (1968)
2001: A Space Odyssey (1968)
Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer / Polaris • Keir Dullea and HAL 9000 • [Go to IMDB]

2001: A Space Odyssey (1968)
Joanna (1968)
Joanna (1968)
Laughlin • ?? • [Go to IMDB]

Joanna (1968)

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