Top 10 best Movies every Chess lover should watch today. A Thread.
10. The Coldest Game (2019)
As the Cuban missile crisis threatens world peace in 1962, a troubled mathematics genius prepares to play in a United States-Soviet Union chess match and finds himself sucked into a deadly game of espionage.
9. Critical Thinking (2020)
A dedicated teacher inspires the Miami Jackson High School chess team to become the first inner city team to win the United States Chess Championship
8. Pawn Sacrifice (2014)
Bobby Fischer, an American grandmaster, challenges the best player in the Soviet Union in a chess championship, causing the two nations to use this to fuel their respective agendas
7. Magnus (2016)
Born in 1990, Norwegian chess prodigy Magnus Carlsen becomes a grandmaster at age 13 and world champion in 2013.
6. Brooklyn Castle (2012)
Chess helps transforms a New York school into one of the city's best, but recession-driven budget cuts threaten to undermine the school's championship chess team.
5. Fresh (1994)
In the movie, the boy becomes friends with an alcoholic speed chess player named Sam. Breaking Bad star Giancarlo Esposito as Fresh’s criminal boss, Esteban, in the film. Samuel L. Jackson plays Sam
4. Life of a King
Determined to help at-risk youths avoid the mistakes he made, an ex-con (Cuba Gooding Jr.) forms a chess club to offer them an alternative to running with street gangs.
3. The Seventh Seal (1957)
A medieval knight challenges Death to a chess game to save himself and his friends
2. Queen of Katwe
Phiona's life changes after she meets Robert Katende, who teaches her to play chess. Under Katende's guidance, Phiona becomes a top player and sees an opportunity to escape from a life of poverty
1. Searching for Bobby Fischer
Seven-year-old Josh Waitzkin is a chess prodigy in the making. He trains under Bruce Pandolfini, a ruthless instructor, who tries to make him more like chess wizard Bobby Fischer.
You can also check these out.
The Dark Horse
Bobby Fischer Against The World
Knights of the South Bronx
Queen to Play
Chess Fever
Computer Chess
Knight Moves
Geri's Game
Game Over: Kasparov and the Machine
The Chess Player
The Queen's Gambit
A Little Game
Five Fingers
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The world's first ever sand hotel in the Weymouth beach of Dorset, England.
The structure was created by a hotel company to celebrate a resurgence of holidaymakers flocking to the seaside
9. Salt Hotel in Bolivia Luna Salada.
The hotel was constructed with blocks of salt on the salt flats of Uyuni. Luna Salada is located in the Colchani area, about 30 kms from the town of Uyuni.
Top 10 Unbelievable Families, You Won’t Believe Actually Exist.
A thread.
10. The Chana Family (1 Man 39 Wives)
married 39 women, fathered 94 children, have 14 daughters-in- laws and 34 grand children, bringing family to 180 members in total.
9. The Duggar family (1 Couple 19 Children)
Jim Bob and Michelle Duggar are parents of 9 girls and 10 boys, making them parents of 19 kids in total. They did a reality TV show named 19 kids and counting.
( This shouldn't be on the list, I know Hausa men do pass this one)