Middle-aged and recently unemployed, Richard Mason (Ted Danson) decides to return to his first love: teaching. He finds a job as an inner-city schoolteacher teaching fourth grade. Richard discovers a way to reach out to his skeptical students throught the game of chess. Against all odds, he inspires his students to become champions, not only at chess, but in life! Ted Danson gives . . .
Four of the hottest players in the United States battle for supremacy in a fast paced and exciting competition. Legendary attacking player Larry Christiansen, strategic genius Joel Benjamin, daring tactician Alexander Shabalov, and the young phenom Hikaru Nakamura test their will, speed and determination in a deadly race against the clock. With dynamic and instructive commentary by . . .
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The Immortal Game
Item #: CB0400
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The Immortal Game presents the dramatic development from attack to defense, from loss to profit, from triumph to agony. We experience chess from an unique, an unusual visual angle in the midst of the event. Director Michael Mertineit used an exquisite set of military pieces from the 19th century to animate the game, which ends in the figure of Napoleon expriencing his Waterloo. The . . .