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• Release Year: 1993
• Genre: Comedy, Drama
• Plot: Josh Waitzkin is just a typical American boy interested in baseball when one day he challenges his father at chess and wins. Showing unusual precocity at the outdoor matches at Washington Square in New York City, he quickly makes friends with a hustler named Vinnie who teaches him speed chess. Josh's parents hire a renowned chess coach, Bruce, who teaches Josh the usefulness of measured planning. Along the way Josh becomes tired of Bruce's system and chess in general and purposely throws a match, leaving the prospects of winning a national championship in serious jeopardy.
• Cast: Max Pomeranc, Joe Mantegna, Joan Allen, Ben Kingsley, Laurence Fishburne, Michael Nirenberg, Robert Stephens, David Paymer, Hal Scardino, Vasek Simek, William H. Macy, Dan Hedaya, Laura Linney, Anthony Heald, Steven Randazzo, Chelsea Moore, Josh Mostel, Josh Kornbluth, Tony Shalhoub, Austin Pendleton, Tom McGowan, Ona Fletcher, Kamran Shirazi, Joel Benjamin, Roman Dzindzichashvili, Jerry Poe McClinton, Matt De Matt, Robert Vincent Smith, Jerry Rakow, William Colgate, Tony De Santis, R.D. Reid, Anthony McGowen, Katya Waitzkin, Ryder Fleming-Jones, Harris Krofchick, John Bourgeois, Maria Ricossa, Caroline Yeager, Andrew Sardella, Nathan Carter, Nicholas Taylor, Jonathan Fazio, Nicky Mellina, Philip Neiman, Elizabeth Gropman, Matt Birman, Bruce Pandolfini, Steven Zaillian, Fred Waitzkin
• Director: Steven Zaillian
• Runtime: 1:49
• Media Format: Movie