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  1. Magnus (2016)

    Director
    Benjamin Ree
    Subject
    Education
    Distribution
    Sale, DVD (Region 2 PAL, 78 minutes), £7.00

    Documentary about Magnus, a Norwegian boy who, in his early twenties, managed to achieve and maintain the highest rating in chess history, going on to become the greatest chess champion of modern times....

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  2. Lewis Chessmen, The (2006)

    Subject
    Archaeology; Art; History
    Distribution
    Sale, DVD (Region 0 NTSC, 30 minutes), £9.99

    This 30 minute film looks at the well-known chess pieces, their mysterious discovery, and discusses their place within the history of the ancient game of chess and the feudal society of the time. The DVD...

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  3. Game over: Kasparov and the Machine (2004)

    Subject
    Information technology; Psychology
    Distribution
    Sale, DVD (Region 2 PAL), £19.99

    Documentary about Garry Kasparov’s chess game in 1997 with Deep Blue, the one-and-a-half ton IBM supercomputer that won the contest. The film delves into Kasparov’s psyche as he comes to terms with a...

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  4. Investigating the Lewis Chess Pieces (2001 Multimedia)

    Subject
    History
    Distribution
    CD-ROM

    Explores the images and stories associated with the discovery, design and use of the Lewis chess pieces, exquisitely carved artifacts uncovered on the Isle of Lewis in 1930-31. Individual pieces can be...

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  5. Bobby Fischer Against the World (1991)

    Director
    Liz Arbus
    Subject
    Arts and Humanities
    Distribution
    Sale, DVD (Region 2 PAL, 91 minutes), £9.99

    Director Liz Garbus presents this look at the life of volatile chess player Bobby Fischer, who stunned the world in 1958 by becoming the U.S. champion, and later shot to infamy for his increasingly erratic...

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  6. Sultan of Chess, The (1990 Video)

    Subject
    Sports science
    Distribution
    Sale, Videocassette. VHS. col. 40 min.

    An illerate Indian peasant comes to Britain in the 1930s and takes the chess world by storm.

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