Pawn Sacrifice is a 2014 American biographical psychological drama film about chess grandmaster and 11th world champion Bobby Fischer. It follows Fischer's...
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The Good German (2006), Brothers (2009), The Great Gatsby (2013), and Pawn Sacrifice (2014). Maguire received a Golden Globe Award nomination for Best Actor...
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roles include Hugo (2011), Men in Black 3 (2012), Blue Jasmine (2013), Pawn Sacrifice (2014), Arrival (2016), Call Me by Your Name, and The Shape of Water...
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Candidate (2004), The Painted Veil (2006), X-Men Origins: Wolverine (2009), Pawn Sacrifice (2014), and Spotlight (2015). He acted in the Wes Anderson films Isle...
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credits include What Just Happened (2008), All Good Things (2010), Pawn Sacrifice (2014), Miss Stevens (2016), Golden Exits (2017), Vice (2018), Fractured...
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Pawn Sacrifice (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack) is the film score soundtrack / extended play composed by James Newton Howard for the 2014 biographical...
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Glossary of chess (redirect from Rook pawn)
passed pawn A passed pawn that is supported by another pawn. pseudo sacrifice See sham sacrifice. push 1. v. To move a pawn forward. 2. n. A pawn move...
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2016. "'Sons of Anarchy's' Robin Weigert Joins Bobby Fischer Pic 'Pawn Sacrifice' (Exclusive)". hollywoodreporter.com. October 25, 2013. Retrieved September...
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King's Pawn Game is any chess opening starting with the move: 1. e4 It is the most popular opening move in chess, followed by 1.d4, the Queen's Pawn Game...
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Defiance (2008). His later films include Love & Other Drugs (2010), Pawn Sacrifice (2014), and Jack Reacher: Never Go Back (2016). He won the Academy Award...
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6.Nf3 c5, when after 7.d5 Black can attack White's centre with the pawn sacrifice 7...b5 or the quieter 7...e6. The latter can transpose into the Modern...
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Djimon Hounsou, Kit Harington and Jason Scott Lee, as well as the film Pawn Sacrifice, based on U.S. chess champion Bobby Fischer, with Tobey Maguire playing...
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2013 The Great Gatsby Nick Carraway Labor Day Adult Henry Wheeler 2014 Pawn Sacrifice Bobby Fischer 2017 The Boss Baby Adult Tim Templeton / Narrator Voice...
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devoted to the Ryder Gambit (and associated Halosar Trap), a double-pawn sacrifice characterized by the moves 4...exf3 5.Qxf3. This gambit is considered...
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national, after James Robert Liang, to be convicted and sees himself as pawn sacrifice in the entire case. Schmidt was born January 9, 1969, in Stadthagen...
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reached by the sequence: 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 c5 3. d5 Black can then offer a pawn sacrifice with 3...b5 (the Benko Gambit), otherwise 3...e6 is the most common...
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The exchange (chess) (redirect from Exchange sacrifice)
a draw. An exchange sacrifice occurs when one player gives up a rook for a minor piece. It is often used to destroy the enemy pawn structure (as in several...
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worthwhile. A sacrifice leading to a pawn promotion is a special case of this type of sacrifice. Simplification Even if the sacrifice leads to net material...
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chess, a passed pawn is a pawn with no opposing pawns to prevent it from advancing to the eighth rank; i.e. there are no opposing pawns in front of it...
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Alekhine's Defence (redirect from Four pawns attack, Alekhine's Defence)
that begins with the moves: 1. e4 Nf6 Black tempts White's pawns forward to form a broad pawn centre, with plans to undermine and attack the white structure...
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obtain an acceptable endgame even after sacrificing the exchange because of White's h-pawn sacrifice and doubled pawns. After years of players believing that...
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plays correctly, White should not have sufficient compensation for the sacrificed pawn, but it can be difficult to prove this over the board. Davies suggests...
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Nf6 2. c4 c5 3. d5 b5 Black sacrifices a pawn for enduring queenside pressure. White can accept or decline the gambit pawn. The Encyclopaedia of Chess...
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because White appears to sacrifice the c-pawn; however, this could be considered a misnomer as Black cannot retain the pawn without incurring a disadvantage...
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Three-Pawn Sacrifice Rapid Attack (三歩突き捨て急戦 san-fu tsukisute kyuusen) is a fast attacking strategy in shogi. It's a Static Rook Boat Rapid Attack strategy...
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Girls Fitzsimmons Night Moves Harmon Blue Jasmine Dwight Westlake 2014 Pawn Sacrifice William Lombardy 2015 Experimenter Stanley Milgram Black Mass Brian...
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Shogi tactics (section Striking pawn)
Tsumeshogi§Piece sacrifice, cf. sacrifices in western chess.) A striking pawn (叩きの歩/たたきの歩 tataki no fu) is the tactic of dropping a pawn directly in front...
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light-squared bishop. By declining White's temporary pawn sacrifice, Black erects a solid position; the pawns on d5 and e6 give Black a foothold in the centre...
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and others. On September 16, 2015, the American biographical film Pawn Sacrifice was released, starring Tobey Maguire as Fischer, Liev Schreiber as Boris...
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cxd4 cxd4 6.Qa4+ Nc6 7.Bb5 Bd7 8.Bxc6 Bxc6 9.Qxd4 Bxf3 is a strong pawn sacrifice, giving Black excellent compensation. 3.c4 transposes into the Symmetrical...
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