Movies Get Chess Wrong

If chess is employed in broadly symbolic ways that neglect the game’s actual mechanics, it’s in part because those mechanics are so tricky to convey on film. Photo: Michael Ochs ArchivesEdmonds is particularly fascinated by a scene from the 1968 heist thriller The Thomas Crown Affair, in which Faye Dunaway seduces Steve McQueen over a fireside game of chess: “Do you play?” If chess is employed in broadly symbolic ways that neglect the game’s actual mechanics, it’s in part because those mechanics are so tricky to convey on film.

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