With an international chess tournament in progress, a young man becomes completely obsessed with the game. His fiancée has no interest in it, and becomes frustrated and depressed by his neglect of her, but wherever she goes she finds that she cannot escape chess. On the brink of giving up, she meets the world champion, Capablanca himself, with interesting results.
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Cast
Vladimir Fogel The Hero
Anna Zemtsova Vera
Natalya Glan Vera's friend
Mikhail Zharov House Painter
Anatoli Ktorov Tram Passenger
José Raúl Capablanca Cameo The World Champion
Yakov Protazanov Chemist
Yuli Raizman Chemist's Assistant
Ivan Koval-Samborskiy Policeman
Konstantin Eggert 
Boris Barnet Cameo (uncredited) Fyodor Otsep Game Spectator (uncredited)
Screenings in Brussels
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