The Coldest Game

IMDb link: 6445414
IMDb rating: 6.2 (13,208 votes)
Genres: Thriller, Sport, History
Director: Bill Pullman, Lukasz Kosmicki
Cast: Robert Wieckiewicz, James Bloor, Lotte Verbeek and others

Release date: 8 Feb 2020
Release year: 2019
Runtime: 102 minutes
Country: Poland, United States
Keywords: chess, cold war, 1960s, math genius, espionage, chess player, kidnapping, warsaw poland, cuban missile crisis, 20th century

Plot:

Playing a major chess match in Warsaw against the Russian champion, brilliant but forgotten former US champion, and alcoholic, Josh Mansky is sucked into the world of espionage and conflict between the world's superpowers. As the military crisis escalates the chess match takes on unimaginable importance. The Americans are in danger of losing both games - the chess game and the one for world domination.

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