Where to Watch The Great Chess Movie (1983)

Want to behold the glory that is 'The Great Chess Movie' on your TV or mobile device at home? Finding a streaming service to buy, rent, download, or view the Gilles Carle-directed movie via subscription can be confusing, so we here at Moviefone want to do the work for you.

Read on for a listing of streaming and cable services - including rental, purchase, and subscription choices - along with the availability of 'The Great Chess Movie' on each platform when they are available. Now, before we get into the various whats and wheres of how you can watch 'The Great Chess Movie' right now, here are some specifics about the ONF | NFB, Société Radio-Canada documentary flick.

Released April 6th, 1983, 'The Great Chess Movie' stars Pascal Rollin, Bobby Fischer, Anatoli Karpov, Fernando Arrabal The NR movie has a runtime of about 1 hr 20 min, and received a user score of 70 (out of 100) on TMDb, which put together reviews from 1 well-known users.

Interested in knowing what the movie's about? Here's the plot: "In this Gilles Carle feature documentary on the game of chess, the international chess match is cast as a classic Western shoot-out. Three chess greats dominate the film: Russia's Anatoly Karpov; Viktor Korchnoi, a Russian defector; and American Bobby Fischer. Chess aficionados Camille Coudari and Fernando Arrabal analyze the personalities and strategies of the players and comment on the interplay of politics and chess." .