Pawn Sacrifice

Produced by Edward Zwick, Gail Katz and Tobey Maguire

Director: Edward Zwick (2014)

Starring Tobey Maguire and Liev Schreiber

Genius and madness often go hand in hand. This film follows American chess genius Bobby Fischer in his quest to defeat Russian Boris Spassky thus winning the World Chess Championship. 'Pawn Sacrifice' begins by showing some of Fischer's madness at the World Championship in Reykjavík, Iceland but soon flashes back to tell Fischer's backstory starting when he grew up in Brooklyn. This makes for a gripping true story set during the height of the Cold War as American chess prodigy Bobby Fischer (Tobey Maguire) finds himself caught between two superpowers. Also starring Liev Schreiber as Russian Champion Boris Spassky, Michael Stuhlberg as the American lawyer who promotes the championship match, and Peter Sarsgaard as Father Bill Lombardy who accompanies Fischer on his journey.

Fun Fact:  In a striking irony,since making this film, Toby Maguire has also disappeared from film making except for a memorable cameo as one of the original "Peter Parkers in the last Spider-Man film,Spider-Man Far From Home."