‘Pawn Sacrifice’ ably follows chess master Bobby Fischer’s unraveling, move by move By Kenneth Turan Sept. 15, 2015 11:17 AM PT Los Angeles Times Film Critic ...

It was the Miracle in Iceland — with a heavy dose of crazy. In 1972, at the height of the Cold War — and some eight years before the United States men’s hockey team stunned the Soviet Union ...

I'm the kid who struggled to stay seated long enough to practice piano. I assumed that a movie about a chess player would not enjoyable to me. However, I found Pawn Sacrifice to be fascinating.

Tobey Maguire stars as chess champion Bobby Fischer in Edward Zwick's "Pawn Sacrifice," a PG-13 Bleecker Street release in theaters Friday, Sept. 18. Photo by Takashi SeidaTakashi Seida/handout ...

Tobey Maguire is Bobby Fischer in this tense evocation of the Cold War chess showdown of the early-1970s. Rated 3½ stars out of 4. Several theaters.

Tobey Maguire does a great job as Fischer in “Pawn Sacrifice,’’ a biopic that covers the wacko chess genius’ life from a budding chess prodigy to the historic match with the much less ...